Blindness from multiple cerebral gliomas mimicking metastatic brain disease.
Multiple brain lesions are usually due to metastatic spread. The authors describe an unusual case of a 56-year-old male presenting with visual loss secondary to multiple intracranial lesions, with infiltration of the optic chiasm and an incidental renal lesion. Open biopsy of the brain lesion confirmed glioblastoma multiforme.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, UK. kanna.gnanalingham@srht.nhs.uk
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D001706:Biopsy; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications*; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000473:pathology; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D020339:Optic Nerve Glioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D019574:Optic Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary