Supratentorial Embryonal Tumor in Adult Patient: Case Report and Literature Review
Autor: | Elsa Jimena Cortes Jaramillo, Paula Santamaria Rodriguez, Mónica Sofia Benavidez Rojas, Diana Paola Duarte Mora, Leonardo Andrés Chacón Zambrano, Juan Esteban Muñoz Montoya |
---|---|
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: | |
Zdroj: | Asian Journal of Neurosurgery |
ISSN: | 2248-9614 1793-5482 |
Popis: | Embryonal tumors are the new nomenclature of the primitive neuroectodermal tumors or PNET. Their supratentorial location and their manifestation in adult population are not very frequent. Embryonal tumors are conformed from undifferentiated neuroepithelial cells that have the ability to show differentiation to several cell lines. Next is presented a case from an adult male patient with a clinical headache pictures and convulsions. With imaging study that shows a meningeal enhancement with frontal lobe infiltration with histopathological study of embryonic tumor with areas of glial differentiation. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Externí odkaz: |