Pediatric multifocal glioblastoma multiforme with fulminant course

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor. GBM in children is less common than in adults and has a better prognosis. Pediatric GBM is a rare entity, and a multifocal development in a pediatric GBM is much rarer. We report to you one such rare case of pediatric mu...

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Autores principales: Cugati, Goutham, Jain, Pradeep Kumar, Pande, Anil, Symss, Nigel Peter, Chakravarthy, Vasudevan, Ramamurthi, Ravi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22865971
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.98224
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Sumario:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor. GBM in children is less common than in adults and has a better prognosis. Pediatric GBM is a rare entity, and a multifocal development in a pediatric GBM is much rarer. We report to you one such rare case of pediatric multifocal GBM in a 5-year-old child who developed rapidly increasing multiple lesions after radiotherapy. More studies are required to study the genetic analysis, tumor behavior, management and outcome of these rare tumors.

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