Intraventricular gliosarcoma: unusual location of an uncommon tumor.
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.
Moiyadi
Aliasgar
A
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
Sridhar
Epari
E
Jalali
Rakesh
R
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
D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D009418:S100 Proteins