title: Extracranial metastases of anaplastic oligodendroglioma.
abstract: Extracranial metastasis of a malignant glioma is rare, possibly due to the lack of lymphatic drainage in the brain and because these tumors are unable to penetrate blood vessels. Extracranial metastasis of an anaplastic oligodendroglioma (ODG) is exceptionally rare. We present a 55-year-old male patient with diffuse extracranial metastases from a temporal anaplastic ODG, 11 months after cranial surgery. Anaplastic ODG, may spread to the other parts of the body. If patients with these tumors have neck or back pain, spinal metastasis should be included in the differential diagnosis and further investigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik, Ankara 06018, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cahit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kural
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pusat
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sentürk
authors.forename: Halil İbrahim
authors.initials: Hİ
authors.lastname: Seçer
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izci
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome