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Malignant Melanoma Metastatic to Oligodendroglioma: Case Report and Literature Review of Tumor-to-Tumor Metastasis to Gliomas
- Source :
- Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology. 77(7)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is an uncommon phenomenon, and a metastasis from an extracranial donor tumor to an intracranial recipient tumor is extremely rare. In particular, there are only 14 cases reported in the literature that describe a tumor-to-tumor metastasis involving a glioma. We present a rare case of an 83-year-old man with an 11-year history of lentigo maligna melanoma who presented with impaired balance and cognitive slowing and was found to have rapid progression of a previously known indolent right frontal brain mass. Pathologic examination of the tumor after resection revealed the presence of both malignant melanoma and an oligodendroglioma WHO grade II. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of malignant melanoma metastasizing to an oligodendroglioma that has been confirmed by immunohistochemistry and genetic analysis.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Oligodendroglioma
Neurosurgical Procedures
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Metastasis
03 medical and health sciences
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
0302 clinical medicine
Fatal Outcome
Glioma
medicine
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Lentigo maligna melanoma
neoplasms
Melanoma
Aged
Tumor to tumor metastasis
business.industry
Brain Neoplasms
Brain Mass
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Immunohistochemistry
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neurology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Disease Progression
Neurology (clinical)
business
Cognition Disorders
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15546578
- Volume :
- 77
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aeeb38640cbe447e6b4e306396df32f2