title: An extremely rare case of glioblastoma multiforme of the spinal cord.
abstract: Being the most common glial cell tumor of the adult brain, primary glioblastoma multiforme is an extremely rare but excessively devastating condition of the spinal cord. It presents with indistinctive magnetic resonance imaging findings, so the diagnosis is very complicated to make. A low-grade glioma may undergo a malignant transformation into glioblastoma multiforme in a very short period, critically impairing treatment possibilities and prognosis, so a correct and timely diagnosis is crucial. We report a case of intramedullary glioblastoma multiforme in a young man and describe the diagnostic difficulties and devastating progression of the entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Scien-ces, Eivenių 2, 50028 Kaunas, Lithuania. goda.vilu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Goda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Randakevičienė
authors.forename: Rymantė
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gleiznienė
authors.forename: Algidas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basevičius
authors.forename: Saulius
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lukoševičius
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*