Post-traumatic malignant glioma. Report of a case.
Only a few cases reported in the literature fulfil the currently established criteria for accepting the traumatic origin of some intracranial tumors. A case of post-traumatic glioma is presented. Several years after sustaining a commotive left parietal trauma, our patient developed symptoms of intracranial tumor. Neuroimaging (CT and MRI) showed a large neoplasia in the left temporo-parietal-occipital region, and stereotactic biopsy revealed a mixed glioma in continuity with the scar resulting from the trauma.
Istituto di Neurologia, Università Cattolica, Roma, Italy.
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D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000293:injuries; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed