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Intraventricular Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma is a histologic diagnosis based on cell morphology. These tumors are found throughout the body. They are rarely found in the central nervous system and almost never occur as a primary intraventricular tumor. We present the unusual case of a 68-year-old woman with...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5156626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28003940 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.876 |
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author | Sieg, Emily P Stepanyan, Hayk Payne, Russell Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth Specht, Charles S Langan, Sara Rizk, Elias |
author_facet | Sieg, Emily P Stepanyan, Hayk Payne, Russell Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth Specht, Charles S Langan, Sara Rizk, Elias |
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description | Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma is a histologic diagnosis based on cell morphology. These tumors are found throughout the body. They are rarely found in the central nervous system and almost never occur as a primary intraventricular tumor. We present the unusual case of a 68-year-old woman with an intraventricular undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. We go on to discuss the clinical presentation, radiographic characteristics, and management paradigm for these rare lesions. Our patient presented with acute confusion, inability to balance a checkbook, and gait imbalance. CT and MRI demonstrated a 4 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm enhancing lesion in the left lateral ventricle abutting the foramen of Monro. Pathology revealed an undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-51566262016-12-21 Intraventricular Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report Sieg, Emily P Stepanyan, Hayk Payne, Russell Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth Specht, Charles S Langan, Sara Rizk, Elias Cureus Pathology Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma is a histologic diagnosis based on cell morphology. These tumors are found throughout the body. They are rarely found in the central nervous system and almost never occur as a primary intraventricular tumor. We present the unusual case of a 68-year-old woman with an intraventricular undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. We go on to discuss the clinical presentation, radiographic characteristics, and management paradigm for these rare lesions. Our patient presented with acute confusion, inability to balance a checkbook, and gait imbalance. CT and MRI demonstrated a 4 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm enhancing lesion in the left lateral ventricle abutting the foramen of Monro. Pathology revealed an undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. Cureus 2016-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5156626/ /pubmed/28003940 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.876 Text en Copyright © 2016, Sieg 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. |
spellingShingle | Pathology Sieg, Emily P Stepanyan, Hayk Payne, Russell Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth Specht, Charles S Langan, Sara Rizk, Elias Intraventricular Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report |
title | Intraventricular Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report |
title_full | Intraventricular Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Intraventricular Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Intraventricular Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report |
title_short | Intraventricular Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report |
title_sort | intraventricular undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma: a case report |
topic | Pathology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5156626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28003940 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.876 |
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