1. Cervical intramedullary metastasis from cerebral glioblastoma multiforme: Case report
- Author
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Thomas Robert, Marc Morard, Rosa Martinez-Mañas, and Diego San Millán Ruíz
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Metastasis ,law.invention ,Intramedullary rod ,law ,medicine ,Humans ,Neoplasm Metastasis ,Primary Brain Tumors ,Aged ,Chemotherapy ,business.industry ,Optimal treatment ,Cerebral Glioblastoma Multiforme ,Supratentorial Neoplasms ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Spine ,nervous system diseases ,Radiation therapy ,Surgery ,Neurology (clinical) ,Radiology ,Glioblastoma ,business ,Median survival - Abstract
Cerebral glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) accounts for approximately 60% of all primary brain tumors in adults [1,4]. The standard of care for this tumor is surgical resection followed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy [5]. With this optimal treatment, the median survival time extends approximately from 9 to 12 months. In general, death is due to local progression of the tumor [3]. Metastasis of intracranial GBM by cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) dissemination has been described with increased frequency in recent years [4]. Autopsy series suggest that 25% of patients with cerebral GBM have evidence of CSF dissemination [5]. Symptomatic intramedullary metastases from GBM are rarely reported. We report a case of symptomatic cervical intramedullary metastasis from a temporal GBM treated 23 months before.
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- 2014