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Left cerebellar hemispheric tumor in an 80‐year old man
Author(s) -
Sugita Yasuo,
Niino Daisuke,
Ohshima Koichi,
Toda Keisuke,
Baba Hiroshi,
Ito Masahiro
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
neuropathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1789
pISSN - 0919-6544
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2011.01228.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroscience , psychology
An 80-year-old man visited our clinic complaining of appetite loss and general fatigue over the previous month. Neurological examination at admission revealed clumsiness in the left finger–nose test. MRI revealed a 3 ¥ 3 ¥ 3 cm mass lesion in the left cerebellar hemisphere. The lesion was “open-ring” enhanced and characterized as thick and nomuniform (Fig. 1). The preoperative diagnosis was a highgrade glioma or a metastatic brain tumor. Gross total removal of the tumor was successfully accomplished. After the operation, radiotherapy and chemotherapy were scheduled. Initially, several radiation therapies were performed. However, these treatments were canceled because of deterioration of his general condition. He died 4 months after the operation, due to intestinal pneumonia.