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Intracranial dissemination of primary spinal cord anaplastic oligodendroglioma
Author(s) -
Ramirez C.,
Delrieu O.,
Mineo J.F.,
Paradot G.,
Allaoui M.,
Dubois F.,
Blond S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01701.x
Subject(s) - medicine , oligodendroglioma , brainstem , spinal cord , cerebrospinal fluid , ependymoma , intramedullary rod , pathology , glioma , surgery , astrocytoma , cancer research , psychiatry
We report the first case of a 22‐year‐old man, with a previously neurosurgically treated intramedullary anaplastic oligodendroglioma (World Health Organization grade III), who developed 19 months later two histologically proven intracranial metastases. We support a hypothesis whereby the anaplastic parts of tumors have spread along the spinal cord and brainstem via the cerebrospinal fluid pathways, a process that could be promoted by surgical manipulation, although the relative contribution of the two factors remains speculative.