Giant cell glioblastoma with spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis in a child: A rare presentation of a rare tumor

Giant cell glioblastoma (GCG) is a rare subtype of classic glioblastoma multiforme with favorable prognosis and little is known about its metastatic potential. We hereby present a unique case of GCG in a 7-year-old child who developed spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis during adjuvant thera...

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Autores principales: Biswas, Rituparna, Gupta, Subhash, Haresh, KP, Halder, Anirban, Rath, GK
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6187891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443141
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_39_18
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author Biswas, Rituparna
Gupta, Subhash
Haresh, KP
Halder, Anirban
Rath, GK
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description Giant cell glioblastoma (GCG) is a rare subtype of classic glioblastoma multiforme with favorable prognosis and little is known about its metastatic potential. We hereby present a unique case of GCG in a 7-year-old child who developed spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis during adjuvant therapy. She succumbed to it in spite of salvage therapy.
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spelling pubmed-61878912018-11-15 Giant cell glioblastoma with spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis in a child: A rare presentation of a rare tumor Biswas, Rituparna Gupta, Subhash Haresh, KP Halder, Anirban Rath, GK J Craniovertebr Junction Spine Case Report Giant cell glioblastoma (GCG) is a rare subtype of classic glioblastoma multiforme with favorable prognosis and little is known about its metastatic potential. We hereby present a unique case of GCG in a 7-year-old child who developed spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis during adjuvant therapy. She succumbed to it in spite of salvage therapy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6187891/ /pubmed/30443141 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_39_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Biswas, Rituparna
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Halder, Anirban
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Giant cell glioblastoma with spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis in a child: A rare presentation of a rare tumor
title Giant cell glioblastoma with spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis in a child: A rare presentation of a rare tumor
title_full Giant cell glioblastoma with spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis in a child: A rare presentation of a rare tumor
title_fullStr Giant cell glioblastoma with spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis in a child: A rare presentation of a rare tumor
title_full_unstemmed Giant cell glioblastoma with spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis in a child: A rare presentation of a rare tumor
title_short Giant cell glioblastoma with spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis in a child: A rare presentation of a rare tumor
title_sort giant cell glioblastoma with spinal and spinal leptomeningeal metastasis in a child: a rare presentation of a rare tumor
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6187891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443141
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_39_18
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