Metachronous spinal metastases from supratentorial anaplastic astrocytoma

Leptomeningeal spinal metastases from supratentorial high-grade glioma are relatively rare. Authors report an unusual case of metachronous, symptomatic, dual spinal drop metastases in a 20-year-old male patient who was operated for right insular anaplastic astrocytoma 20 months earlier. Surgical dec...

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Autores principales: Raheja, Amol, Borkar, Sachin Anil, Kumar, Rajinder, Suri, Vaishali, Sharma, Bhawani Shankar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4352649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25767596
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.151529
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Sumario:Leptomeningeal spinal metastases from supratentorial high-grade glioma are relatively rare. Authors report an unusual case of metachronous, symptomatic, dual spinal drop metastases in a 20-year-old male patient who was operated for right insular anaplastic astrocytoma 20 months earlier. Surgical decompression of the symptomatic D11-L2 drop metastasis was carried out. Histo-pathological examination revealed features suggestive of glioblastoma multiforme. Patient was advised postoperative radiotherapy. The pertinent literature is reviewed regarding this uncommon entity.

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