Recurrent intracranial sarcoma mimicking chronic subdural haematoma.
Primary sarcomas of the central nervous system and their coincidence with a subdural haematoma are each rare. We describe an unusual case of unsuspected dural spreading of a recurrent spindle cell sarcoma concealed in a chronic subdural haematoma, which occurred months after microsurgical resection and external radiation of a temporal parenchymatous sarcoma.
Oertel
M F
MF
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. mfoertel@ukaachen.de
Korinth
M C
MC
Gilsbach
J M
JM
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D020200:Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods