Open AccessA case report of pontine glioblastoma presenting as subcutaneous metastasis in nape of neck in a child
Author(s) -
Vikas Kumar,
Daljit Singh,
Hukum Singh,
Ravindra Kumar Saran
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.174458
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , biopsy , pathological , adjuvant radiotherapy , metastasis , lesion , immunohistochemistry , glioblastoma , brainstem , pathology , radiology , cancer , cancer research
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant tumor in adults. Extracranial metastasis of GBM is very rare. The incidence of brainstem glioblastoma is not known due to low biopsy and resection rates. In this case report, we experienced an 11-year-old male who was diagnosed as a case of pontine GBM after biopsy of lesion and underwent radiotherapy with adjuvant chemotherapy. He presented with a subcutaneous swelling in the nape of neck 1 year after the first procedure. Swelling was excised. Pathological examination and immunohistochemical staining confirmed it as GBM. This case shows us that GBM can at times present as a swelling in soft tissue.