Anaplastic Astrocytoma with Extracranial Extension —Case Report

A 44-year-old female presented with anaplastic astrocytoma of the right temporal lobe which had destroyed the skull base and extended extracranially. Histologically, the extracranial portion of the tumor was astrocytoma with desmoplastic reaction. She was treated by subtotal tumor removal, radiation...

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Published inNeurologia medico-chirurgica Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 312 - 315
Main Authors MIMATA, Chikara, ITOYAMA, Youichi, KURATSU, Junichi, UEMURA, Shouzaburou, FUJIOKA, Shoudou, USHIO, Yukitaka
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan The Japan Neurosurgical Society 1993
Subjects
Adult
Astrocytoma - pathology
Astrocytoma - surgery
Brain Neoplasms - pathology
Brain Neoplasms - surgery
desmoplasia
extracranial extension
Female
glioma
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Psychosurgery
Temporal Lobe - pathology
Temporal Lobe - surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:A 44-year-old female presented with anaplastic astrocytoma of the right temporal lobe which had destroyed the skull base and extended extracranially. Histologically, the extracranial portion of the tumor was astrocytoma with desmoplastic reaction. She was treated by subtotal tumor removal, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, but died of meningeal dissemination. Spontaneous extradural extension of malignant glioma is rare and always fatal.
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ISSN:0470-8105
1349-8029
DOI:10.2176/nmc.33.312