Multifocal central nervous system glioma--a case history
Kulczycki, J.; Daszkiewicz, P.; Jankowska, E.; Kluge, P.; Malenta, G.
Folia Neuropathologica 32(4): 241-243
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1641-4640 PMID: 7889338 Document Number: 423681
A case history of the multifocal brain glioma in 13-year-old girl is reported. Numerous neoplasmatic foci were found using MRI within the vermis and cerebellar hemisphere and, later, also within the brain stem, cervical spinal cord and both brain hemispheres. Bioptical examination of the tumors revealed the structure of anaplastic astrocytoma with oligodendromatous component. The authors suggest that the foci may be considered as multiple metastases from the primary cerebellar astrocytoma and the neoplastic cells might have been transported within CNS through cerebrospinal fluid.