Post-Treatment Gliosarcoma Extension into the Pterygomaxillary Fossa: Literature Review and Case Report

Only four primary gliosarcoma case reports are described in the literature with transcranial (intradural to extradural) penetration into the region of the infratemporal fossa. This is the first report of a primary glioblastoma (GBM) that evolved into secondary or post-treatment gliosarcoma without e...

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Autores principales: Mason, Alexander, Villavicencio, Alan T, Nelson, Ewell L, Forsythe, Robert C, Burneikiene, Sigita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
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Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27699141
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.700
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author Mason, Alexander
Villavicencio, Alan T
Nelson, Ewell L
Forsythe, Robert C
Burneikiene, Sigita
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description Only four primary gliosarcoma case reports are described in the literature with transcranial (intradural to extradural) penetration into the region of the infratemporal fossa. This is the first report of a primary glioblastoma (GBM) that evolved into secondary or post-treatment gliosarcoma without evidence of a second de novo tumor and with extension into the left pterygomaxillary fossa.
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spelling pubmed-50406292016-10-03 Post-Treatment Gliosarcoma Extension into the Pterygomaxillary Fossa: Literature Review and Case Report Mason, Alexander Villavicencio, Alan T Nelson, Ewell L Forsythe, Robert C Burneikiene, Sigita Cureus Oncology Only four primary gliosarcoma case reports are described in the literature with transcranial (intradural to extradural) penetration into the region of the infratemporal fossa. This is the first report of a primary glioblastoma (GBM) that evolved into secondary or post-treatment gliosarcoma without evidence of a second de novo tumor and with extension into the left pterygomaxillary fossa. Cureus 2016-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5040629/ /pubmed/27699141 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.700 Text en Copyright © 2016, Mason et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Post-Treatment Gliosarcoma Extension into the Pterygomaxillary Fossa: Literature Review and Case Report
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title_short Post-Treatment Gliosarcoma Extension into the Pterygomaxillary Fossa: Literature Review and Case Report
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