title: Gliosarcoma of the cerebellar hemisphere: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Gliosarcoma is a rare central nervous system tumor usually located in the supratentorial area. Here we report a rare case of a gliosarcoma that developed in the cerebellar hemisphere in a 70-year-old woman. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed an infratentorial mass of which radiological features were similar to those of glioblastoma. The tumor was diagnosed by pathology as a gliosarcoma. Though rare, gliosarcoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of infratentorial tumors with radiological features of glioblastoma or metastasis in elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Kyoung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Eui Jong
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Woo Suk
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Chang Woo
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Bong Jin
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Juhie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D018316:Gliosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media
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