Solitary Primary Leptomeningeal Glioma: Case Report
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چکیده
We report a case of solitary primary leptomeningeal glioma. The mass was totally removed under awake surgery. Intraoperatively, no parenchymal involvement was noted. Histopathological study revealed a predominant anaplastic oligodendroglioma component and a focal anaplastic astrocytoma component, which was consistent with an anaplastic oligoastrocytoma. Adjuvant tomotherapy was followed and the tumor has not recurred until 12 months after surgery. A focal type of primary leptomeningeal glioma is extremely rare. We report a rare case of solitary primary leptomeningeal anaplastic oligoastrocytoma.
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Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis.
Dr. André Leite Gonçalves – Division of Child Neurology / Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia Rua Botucatu 720 – 04023-900 São Paulo SP Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Glioma arising primarily from the leptomeninges is extremely rare and often diagnosed only in postmortem examination. It is thought to derive from heterotopic nests of neuroglial tissue within the leptomeninges, w...
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