title: Giant parietal lobe infantile gliosarcoma in a 5-year-old child.
abstract: The relative frequency of pediatric gliosarcoma (GSM) is 1.9% among glioblastomas and 0.5% among pediatric central nervous system tumors. A 5-year-old female child came to us with history of fever and loss of appetite since 2 weeks and right sided weakness since 4 days. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a large heterogeneously enhancing space occupying lesion in the left parieto-occipital region. A parieto-occipital craniotomy with radical excision of tumor was performed. The patient was given adjuvant therapy following surgery and survived until 9 months following surgery. The etiopathogenesis, treatment modalities and prognosis of GSM is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, BYL Nair Hospital and T.N. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Hemant V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Savant
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, BYL Nair Hospital and T.N. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Srikant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balasubramaniam
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, BYL Nair Hospital and T.N. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mahajan
keywords: Gliosarcoma in 5 year old; infantile gliosarcoma; posterior parietal gliosarcoma