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Giant primary intracranial multi-fossa leiomyosarcoma involving the frontal sinus, ethmoid air cells, anterior fossa, middle fossa, and intraventricular space: A case report and literature review
BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) is a type of sarcoma that arises from smooth muscle and generally presents in the abdomen. Although intracranial LMS has been identified before, most reported presentations have been in immunocompromised patients. Here, we present an intracranial LMS in an immunoco...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629320/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37941634 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_647_2023 |
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author | Choi, Hannah Bissell, Jorrdan N. R. Edelbach, Brandon Michael Paea, Joel Omosor, Emmanuel Raghavan, Ravi Gospodarev, Vadim Lopez-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel |
author_facet | Choi, Hannah Bissell, Jorrdan N. R. Edelbach, Brandon Michael Paea, Joel Omosor, Emmanuel Raghavan, Ravi Gospodarev, Vadim Lopez-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel |
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description | BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) is a type of sarcoma that arises from smooth muscle and generally presents in the abdomen. Although intracranial LMS has been identified before, most reported presentations have been in immunocompromised patients. Here, we present an intracranial LMS in an immunocompetent patient. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 22-year-old male with a history of an atypical pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation resected by suboccipital craniotomy at the age of 12 followed by adjuvant radiation therapy, presented with 3 weeks of decreased appetite, weight loss, and lethargy. He subsequently underwent transbasal approach skull base tumor resection. Histologic examination of the mass along with the patient’s history of radiation was supportive of a low-grade, radiation-induced LMS arising from the anterior fossa of the skull or meninges and extends to the frontal sinus and ethmoid air cells. CONCLUSION: Primary intracranial LMS is an extremely rare diagnosis and presenting symptoms vary with the location and size of the tumor. Due to the poor specificity of clinical symptoms, diagnosis is often based on histology. The most common treatment is surgical resection. Adjuvant chemotherapy with various agents has been found to be somewhat effective outside the central nervous system. When LMS does occur, a history of immunocompromised state or previous radiation exposure is often present. Pathological confirmation is required for an appropriate diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-106293202023-11-08 Giant primary intracranial multi-fossa leiomyosarcoma involving the frontal sinus, ethmoid air cells, anterior fossa, middle fossa, and intraventricular space: A case report and literature review Choi, Hannah Bissell, Jorrdan N. R. Edelbach, Brandon Michael Paea, Joel Omosor, Emmanuel Raghavan, Ravi Gospodarev, Vadim Lopez-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel Surg Neurol Int Case Report BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) is a type of sarcoma that arises from smooth muscle and generally presents in the abdomen. Although intracranial LMS has been identified before, most reported presentations have been in immunocompromised patients. Here, we present an intracranial LMS in an immunocompetent patient. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 22-year-old male with a history of an atypical pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation resected by suboccipital craniotomy at the age of 12 followed by adjuvant radiation therapy, presented with 3 weeks of decreased appetite, weight loss, and lethargy. He subsequently underwent transbasal approach skull base tumor resection. Histologic examination of the mass along with the patient’s history of radiation was supportive of a low-grade, radiation-induced LMS arising from the anterior fossa of the skull or meninges and extends to the frontal sinus and ethmoid air cells. CONCLUSION: Primary intracranial LMS is an extremely rare diagnosis and presenting symptoms vary with the location and size of the tumor. Due to the poor specificity of clinical symptoms, diagnosis is often based on histology. The most common treatment is surgical resection. Adjuvant chemotherapy with various agents has been found to be somewhat effective outside the central nervous system. When LMS does occur, a history of immunocompromised state or previous radiation exposure is often present. Pathological confirmation is required for an appropriate diagnosis. Scientific Scholar 2023-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10629320/ /pubmed/37941634 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_647_2023 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Surgical Neurology International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Choi, Hannah Bissell, Jorrdan N. R. Edelbach, Brandon Michael Paea, Joel Omosor, Emmanuel Raghavan, Ravi Gospodarev, Vadim Lopez-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel Giant primary intracranial multi-fossa leiomyosarcoma involving the frontal sinus, ethmoid air cells, anterior fossa, middle fossa, and intraventricular space: A case report and literature review |
title | Giant primary intracranial multi-fossa leiomyosarcoma involving the frontal sinus, ethmoid air cells, anterior fossa, middle fossa, and intraventricular space: A case report and literature review |
title_full | Giant primary intracranial multi-fossa leiomyosarcoma involving the frontal sinus, ethmoid air cells, anterior fossa, middle fossa, and intraventricular space: A case report and literature review |
title_fullStr | Giant primary intracranial multi-fossa leiomyosarcoma involving the frontal sinus, ethmoid air cells, anterior fossa, middle fossa, and intraventricular space: A case report and literature review |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant primary intracranial multi-fossa leiomyosarcoma involving the frontal sinus, ethmoid air cells, anterior fossa, middle fossa, and intraventricular space: A case report and literature review |
title_short | Giant primary intracranial multi-fossa leiomyosarcoma involving the frontal sinus, ethmoid air cells, anterior fossa, middle fossa, and intraventricular space: A case report and literature review |
title_sort | giant primary intracranial multi-fossa leiomyosarcoma involving the frontal sinus, ethmoid air cells, anterior fossa, middle fossa, and intraventricular space: a case report and literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629320/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37941634 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_647_2023 |
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