Glioblastoma in a boy with fragile X: an unusual case of neuroprotection.
Glioblastomas in children usually occur in the brainstem and are often untreatable and associated with an extremely poor prognosis. Such tumours may however occur in supratentorial locations more typically associated with adult gliomas, where the outcome is more variable, but still poor. We report the case of a boy with fragile X who also developed an inoperable midbrain glioblastoma, but who has survived 8 years after diagnosis.
Kalkunte
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Paediatric Intensive Care, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. ksramapriya@yahoo.com
Macarthur
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Morton
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D000293:Adolescent; D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous