کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4285142 | 1611903 | 2013 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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SummaryA unique case of pilocytic astrocytoma (PCA) with leptomeningeal dissemination occurring after surgery in a 2-year-old boy who presented with progressive left-sided weakness is reported. A cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disclosed a lesion with a cystic component in the right thalamus and basal ganglia. The lesion was subtotally resected and diagnosed by the pathology department to be a PCA. An MRI 16 days after surgery revealed a residual tumor with a tumor seeding along the surgical tract and in the meninges. The patient then underwent chemotherapy and a cranial MRI. Eleven months later the patient did not disclose any residual or additional lesions. The patient continues to do well at the time of this writing. This case illustrates a unique instance of leptomeningeal dissemination through the surgical tract of a resected cerebral PCA in a child.
Journal: Formosan Journal of Surgery - Volume 46, Issue 5, October 2013, Pages 166–169