title: Multifocal central nervous system glioma--a case history.
abstract: A case history of the multifocal brain glioma in 13-year-old girl is reported. Numerous neoplasmatic foci were found using MRI within the vermis and cerebellar hemisphere and, later, also within the brain stem, cervical spinal cord and both brain hemispheres. Bioptical examination of the tumors revealed the structure of anaplastic astrocytoma with oligodendromatous component. The authors suggest that the foci may be considered as multiple metastases from the primary cerebellar astrocytoma and the neoplastic cells might have been transported within CNS through cerebrospinal fluid.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warszawa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kulczycki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daszkiewicz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jankowska
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kluge
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malenta
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed