title: Intraventricular gliosarcoma: unusual location of an uncommon tumor.
abstract: Gliosarcomas are uncommon variants of glioblastoma bearing the histological hallmark of two distinct tumor components (high grade glial and sarcomatous). They share similarities with glioblastomas as far as clinico-epidemiological and prognostic factors are concerned. They are commonly cortically-surfacing lesions occurring mostly in the supratentorial compartment. Intraventricular location of a gliosarcoma is very uncommon and reported only once before. We report one such case where the lesion was subependymal and protruded into the ventricle giving the appearance of a truly intraventricluar tumor. We discuss this case and review the relevant literature.
authors: Neurosurgical Services, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Room 48, Main Building, Tata Memorial Hospital, E Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India. aliasgar.moiyadi@gmail.com
authors: Aliasgar
authors: A
authors: Moiyadi
authors: Epari
authors: E
authors: Sridhar
authors: Rakesh
authors: R
authors: Jalali
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D018316:Gliosarcoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000379:methods; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D009418:S100 Proteins