Lymph node metastases from glioblastoma multiforme.
Extraneural metastases from glioblastoma multiforme are rare. Spread to the extracranial head and neck may be evident on routine follow-up images of the original lesion. We present two cases, one with documented metastatic adenopathy in the head and neck from glioblastoma and the other with probable metastatic disease in a lymph node in which biopsy was not performed, and discuss probable mechanisms of extraneural extension of this tumor.
Wallace
C J
CJ
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Forsyth
P A
PA
Edwards
D R
DR
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed