- protoplasmic astrocytoma
- astrocytoma protoplasmaticum a tumor composed of protoplasmic astrocytes. The distinction between this type and fibrillary astrocytoma has been questioned.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
protoplasmic astrocytoma
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