Primary multifocal leptomeningeal gliomatosis.
Only nine cases of primary multifocal leptomeningeal gliomatosis (PMLG) have been reported. We describe the first child with malignant features of PMLG who was diagnosed during life. The differential diagnosis based on imaging findings includes infectious and lymphoproliferative disorders.
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Verslegers
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Demaerel
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Van Calenbergh
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Sciot
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010841:Pia Mater / Q000473:pathology
D019786:Gadolinium DTPA