title: A case of soft tissue metastasis from glioblastoma and review of the literature.
abstract: Despite recent advances, glioblastoma (GBM) remains incurable but is typically characterized by local tumor recurrence in the brain. Soft tissue metastases from GBM are extremely rare, with only eight reported cases in the literature. It has been postulated that this type of metastases rarely occurs due to inability of tumor cells to survive outside the brain milieu, physical barriers preventing tumor spread, and/or early patient death from this aggressive tumor. Here we present another case of soft tissue metastases that occurred in a young woman with GBM and review the previous literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Nursing Care, University of Texas at Houston School of Nursing, Houston, USA. Terri.S.Armstrong@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Terri S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Sujit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aldape
authors.forename: Betsy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hossan
authors.forename: Sanghee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Childress
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tolentino
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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