title: Gliomatosis cerebri: diagnostic considerations in three cases.
abstract: Clinical symptoms and radiologic characteristics of gliomatosis cerebri (GC) are non-specific and the condition may be confused with other central nervous system diseases. We report three patients with GC; all the three patients had involvement of more than three lobes and the deep white matter, as well as bilateral involvement. Differentiation of GC from other neurologic diseases involving diffuse white matter may be difficult. However, the diagnosis can be based on the combination of radiologic and histopathologic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgeon of Santa Casa Hospital, Faculty of Medical Science of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. rafabrand@gmail.com
authors.forename: Rafael Augusto Castro Santiago
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: Gervásio Teles C
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Camilo Augusto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: de Azeredo Coutinho
authors.forename: Paulo Pereira
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Christo
authors.forename: Cesar Felipe Gusmão
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo Vasconcelos
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Atos Alves
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: de Sousa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods