title: Cervical metastatic glioblastoma multiforme.
abstract: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and most malignant primary brain tumour in adults. In spite of the hostile nature of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), extracranial spread is not a common event. With improving management choices and survival times, reports of extracranial occurrence of GBM have increased. Most commonly these metastases are to the lungs, lymph nodes, neck, skull, scalp, liver, and bones; may be evident on routine follow-up images of the original lesion. Head and neck metastasis of GBM can be debilitating. We present a case of cervical metastasis of GBM and discuss possible mechanisms of extraneural spread of this tumour.
authors: Department of Histopathology, Liaquat National Postgraduate Medical Institute, Karachi.
authors: Syeddah Shafaq
authors: SS
authors: Mujtaba
authors: Saroona
authors: S
authors: Haroon
authors: Naveen
authors: N
authors: Faridi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy; D003399:Craniotomy; D004358:Drug Therapy; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome