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Diffuse astrocytoma and the diagnostic dilemma of an unusual phenotype: A case report
Diffuse astrocytoma is an infiltrating type of glioma (World Health Organization grade II), which even with histopathology, is difficult to diagnose. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the cornerstone for diagnoses and follow-up of brain gliomas. This report describes a case of diffuse astrocytoma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7718471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.11.023 |
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author | Alshoabi, Sultan A. Alareqi, Amal A. Omer, Awatef M. Suliman, Awadia G. Daqqaq, Tareef S. |
author_facet | Alshoabi, Sultan A. Alareqi, Amal A. Omer, Awatef M. Suliman, Awadia G. Daqqaq, Tareef S. |
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description | Diffuse astrocytoma is an infiltrating type of glioma (World Health Organization grade II), which even with histopathology, is difficult to diagnose. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the cornerstone for diagnoses and follow-up of brain gliomas. This report describes a case of diffuse astrocytoma in a 48-year-old man who presented with sudden right-sided weakness and repeated convulsive attacks. On brain computed tomography, the case was diagnosed and treated as an acute infarction. Ten days later, the patient returned with a total loss of consciousness. Brain MRI images revealed an irregularly outlined lesion involving the splenium of the corpus callosum that extended into the left periventricular parietal lobe of the brain with cystic foci in the septum pellucidum. Contrast-enhanced and new sequences of MRI was helpful in approach to diagnosis because of its superior tissue characterization. The histopathology results ultimately confirmed the diagnosis of diffuse astrocytoma. The patient died postoperatively. |
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spelling | pubmed-77184712020-12-09 Diffuse astrocytoma and the diagnostic dilemma of an unusual phenotype: A case report Alshoabi, Sultan A. Alareqi, Amal A. Omer, Awatef M. Suliman, Awadia G. Daqqaq, Tareef S. Radiol Case Rep Case Report Diffuse astrocytoma is an infiltrating type of glioma (World Health Organization grade II), which even with histopathology, is difficult to diagnose. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the cornerstone for diagnoses and follow-up of brain gliomas. This report describes a case of diffuse astrocytoma in a 48-year-old man who presented with sudden right-sided weakness and repeated convulsive attacks. On brain computed tomography, the case was diagnosed and treated as an acute infarction. Ten days later, the patient returned with a total loss of consciousness. Brain MRI images revealed an irregularly outlined lesion involving the splenium of the corpus callosum that extended into the left periventricular parietal lobe of the brain with cystic foci in the septum pellucidum. Contrast-enhanced and new sequences of MRI was helpful in approach to diagnosis because of its superior tissue characterization. The histopathology results ultimately confirmed the diagnosis of diffuse astrocytoma. The patient died postoperatively. Elsevier 2020-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7718471/ /pubmed/33304444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.11.023 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Alshoabi, Sultan A. Alareqi, Amal A. Omer, Awatef M. Suliman, Awadia G. Daqqaq, Tareef S. Diffuse astrocytoma and the diagnostic dilemma of an unusual phenotype: A case report |
title | Diffuse astrocytoma and the diagnostic dilemma of an unusual phenotype: A case report |
title_full | Diffuse astrocytoma and the diagnostic dilemma of an unusual phenotype: A case report |
title_fullStr | Diffuse astrocytoma and the diagnostic dilemma of an unusual phenotype: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Diffuse astrocytoma and the diagnostic dilemma of an unusual phenotype: A case report |
title_short | Diffuse astrocytoma and the diagnostic dilemma of an unusual phenotype: A case report |
title_sort | diffuse astrocytoma and the diagnostic dilemma of an unusual phenotype: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7718471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.11.023 |
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