Gliosarcoma: a rare variant of glioblastoma multiforme.

نویسندگان

  • Sadia Rizvi
  • Asghar Hussain Asghar
  • Javaid Mehboob
چکیده

Gliosarcoma is a rare variant of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). It is a very aggressive tumour and usually managed like GBM. Treatment of choice is surgery with good surgical margins followed by radiotherapy (60 Gy). Median survival is seven months. Here we present a case report of 55 years old male who was diagnosed as brain tumour in left temporoparietal region. It turned out to be gliosarcoma after surgical resection and histopathological evaluation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

دوره 60 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010