Multicentric cerebellopontine angle glioblastoma multiforme.

نویسندگان

  • Manish K Kasliwal
  • Deepak K Gupta
  • Ashok K Mahapatra
  • Mehar C Sharma
چکیده

Posterior fossa glioblastoma multiforme is a very rare childhood tumor with an extremely poor prognosis. There are only few cases of primary cerebellar glioblastoma described in the literature, and primary cerebellar glioblastoma presenting radiologically as a cerebellopontine angle mass lesion has not been reported previously. The authors report a multicentric glioblastoma multiforme in an 11-year-old child presenting predominantly as a cerebellopontine angle mass lesion, who finally expired 2 months after surgery. The presentation was very bizarre and the diagnosis was made only after histopathology examination.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Pediatric neurosurgery

دوره 44 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008