Primary intracranial leiomyosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature

• Published in: Child's nervous system Vol. 25; no. 8; pp. 1013 - 1017
• Main Authors: Mathieson, C. S, St George, E. J, Stewart, W, Sastry, J, Jamal, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag 01.08.2009; Springer-Verlag
• Subjects: Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - pathology; Brain Neoplasms - drug therapy; Brain Neoplasms - pathology; Brain Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Case Report; Child, Preschool; Humans; Intracranial; leiomyosarcoma; Leiomyosarcoma - drug therapy; Leiomyosarcoma - pathology; Leiomyosarcoma - radiotherapy; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosciences; Neurosurgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Intracranial; Leiomyosarcoma

Introduction Malignant tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) represent the second most common cancer type in the paediatric population of developed countries, and mortality caused by CNS tumours is the highest among paediatric cancers. Tumours of mesenchymal origin occurring either as primary...