PMID: 28523320May 20, 2017Paper

Multifocal and multicentric low-grade oligoastrocytoma in a young patient

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology = Revue Roumaine De Morphologie Et Embryologie
Florin GrosuCarmen Corina Roman-Filip

Abstract

Multiple primary central nervous system tumors are rarely seen in clinical practice and reported in the literature. The pathogenesis of multicentricity of primary tumors of the central nervous system still remains a debate, this pathology being found in almost two percent of reported tumor cases. Multifocal tumors are often described within the same hemisphere and supposed to be disseminated along the white matter tracts. On the opposite, multicentric tumors are found in the other hemisphere in subtentorial structures and are considered synchronous. We illustrate here the case of a young man admitted for symptoms of intracranial hypertension, diagnosed with multifocal and multicentric low-grade oligoastrocytoma with particular evolution and imagistic appearance.

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