Primary diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis causing sudden death

Primary diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis is a rare malignancy of central nervous system without evidence of a primary intraparenchymal focus. We present a 25-year-old woman with the postmortem diagnosis of primary diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis. She was paraplegic and had...

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Published inJournal of neuro-oncology Vol. 81; no. 1; pp. 75 - 79
Main Authors Ozkul, Ayca, Meteoglu, Ibrahim, Tataroglu, Cengiz, Akyol, Ali
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Springer Nature B.V 01.01.2007
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Adult
Central Nervous System Neoplasms - complications
Central Nervous System Neoplasms - pathology
Death, Sudden - etiology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Meningeal Neoplasms - complications
Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology
Oligodendroglioma - complications
Oligodendroglioma - pathology
Paraplegia
Thoracic Vertebrae
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Summary:Primary diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis is a rare malignancy of central nervous system without evidence of a primary intraparenchymal focus. We present a 25-year-old woman with the postmortem diagnosis of primary diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis. She was paraplegic and had sensory loss at the level of thoracal 8-9 for nearly 15 months. There was no symptom due to increased intracranial pressure. Unexpectedly she died just before biopsy. Autopsy revealed a nodular lesion at the level of thoracal 10 vertebra and diffuse oligodendroglioma throughout the leptomeninges of the brain and spine without intraaxial focus. To our knowledge, this is the first case of primary diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis causing sudden death in the literature.
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ISSN:0167-594X
1573-7373
DOI:10.1007/s11060-006-9208-z