title: Gliomatosis cerebri in a patient with Ollier disease.
abstract: Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is an uncommon brain tumour defined as a diffuse neoplastic glial cell infiltration of the brain, involving more than two cerebral lobes and, occasionally, the infratentorial structures or the spinal cord. GC of the oligodendroglial phenotype is extremely rare, especially in the paediatric setting. We describe an unusual case of oligodendroglial GC diagnosed in a 16-year-old boy with Ollier disease. To our knowledge this is the first case of GC reported in a child with Ollier disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia. ruth.mitchell.ippnw@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ruth A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Joshua Mingsheng
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mandelstam
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004687:Enchondromatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology