Gliosarcoma cerebri with a myxoid matrix of the sarcomatous component.
A case of a cerebral gliosarcoma in a 63-year old female located in the left parietooccipital area of the brain is herewith described. Histology showed the tumour to consist of two components: a gliomatous resembling glioblastoma, and a sarcomatous with a prominent myxoid intercellular substance, a feature reported only thrice before in the medical literature. We report the histochemical and immunohistochemical characteristics of our case, and compare them with those of previous case reports.
Panayiotides
J G
JG
Department of Neurosurgery, Melaxas Memorial Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Arapantoni-Dadioti
P
P
Lekka-Katsoulic
J
J
Mariatos
P
P
Delides
G S
GS
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018316:Gliosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D010296:Parietal Lobe