Spinal Liquoral Metastasis from Cerebral Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma: Case Report
| Autor: | Lunardi P, Pagano A, Iacquin, Fraioli B, Fraioli Mf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Poor prognosis Spinal cord metastasis Settore MED/27 - Neurochirurgia business.industry Spinal mri Postoperative radiotherapy Anaplastic oligodendroglioma medicine.disease nervous system diseases 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Surgery Metastasis Screening spinal MRI 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine business neoplasms Brain Oligodendroglioma 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Glioblastoma |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience. 7 |
| ISSN: | 2171-6625 |
| DOI: | 10.21767/2171-6625.1000132 |
| Popis: | Background: Spinal cord metastasis is an uncommon event in glioblastoma, symptomatic lesions are very rare, and this occurrence in anaplastic oligodendroglioma is exceptional. Only 16 cases of symptomatic spinal cord metastasis from brain oligodendroglioma have been reported in the literature. Case report: We present the case of a 42 years old woman with multiple symptomatic spinal cord metastasis discovered one year after surgical removal and postoperative radiotherapy for a right fronto-temporal anaplastic oligodendroglioma (grade III WHO). Conclusion: Although spinal cord metastasis from brain anaplastic oligodendroglioma is very rare, in our opinion it could be useful to perform screening spine MRIs to early detect the eventual diffusion of the oncologic disease. Differently, spinal MRI should be mandatory in all patients in whom an eventual reoperation could be proposed, because the detection of spinal localizations indicates a rapid poor prognosis and an eventual reoperation could be useless in terms of prolonged survival time. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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