title: [Gliomatosis cerebri as cause of neuropsychiatric symptoms].
abstract: Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is a rare cancer of the central nervous system, having already penetrated into various areas of the central nervous system upon becoming manifest. In tissue specimens the histopathologic picture of the tumor appears similar to that seen in diffuse gliomas at different stages of disease. Typical MRI findings in GC include diffuse increases in signal intensity in the brain, and indistinct gray-white matter demarcation in T2-weighted images. Surgical treatment is usually not possible. We describe a patient, in whom CG turned eventually out to be the cause of severe neuropsychiatric symptoms.
authors.forename: Tapani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tikkakoski
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ostrovska
authors.forename: Sinikka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ingo
authors.forename: Michaela K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: Kumpulainen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Timo
authors.forename: Hannu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tuominen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests