Open AccessLow‐Grade Astrocytoma Associated with Abscess Formation: Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Tsai TaiHsin,
Hwang YanFen,
Hwang ShiuhLin,
Hung ChenHsiang,
Chu ChengWei,
Lua BoonKee,
Lin ChihLung,
Lee KungShing,
Loh JoonKhim,
Kwan AijLie,
Wang ChihJen,
Huang TzuuYuan,
Howng ShenLong,
Lieu AnnShung
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/s1607-551x(08)70151-7
Subject(s) - medicine , brain abscess , magnetic resonance imaging , abscess , craniotomy , brain tumor , astrocytoma , radiology , pathology , surgery , glioma , cancer research
A rare case of low‐grade astrocytoma associated with abscess formation occurred in a 52‐year‐old man presenting with Broca's aphasia. He underwent craniotomy and tumor removal under the impression of brain tumor with necrotic cystic change. Abscess accumulation within the intra‐axial tumor was found intraoperatively. Literature related to brain abscess with brain tumor is reviewed, with an emphasis on abscesses with astrocytoma. We discuss the common brain tumors that are associated with abscess, pathogens that coexist with brain tumor, and the pathogeneses of coexisting brain abscess and tumor. It is very important to know how to differentiate between and diagnose a brain abscess and tumor, or brain abscess with tumor, preoperatively from clinical presentation and through the use of computed tomography, conventional magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion‐weighted imaging or magnetic resonance spectroscopy.