A serial CT scan and MRI verification of diffuse cerebrospinal gliomatosis: a case report with stereotactic diagnosis and radiological confirmation.

Onal C., Bayindir C., Siraneci R., Izgi N., Yalcin I., Altinel Z., ...More

Pediatric neurosurgery, vol.25, no.2, pp.94-9, 1996 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1996
  • Doi Number: 10.1159/000121103
  • Journal Name: Pediatric neurosurgery
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.94-9
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Gliomatosis cerebri is an infrequent tumor of neuroepithelial origin presenting with deterioration of cognitive functions, behavioral and mental changes, motor weakness, headache, and seizures. Laboratory data are unconclusive. MRI appears to be the imaging modality of choice and mainly reveals a bilateral and diffuse infiltration of midline adjacent brain structures whose anatomical configuration remain intact. MRI- or CT-guided stereotactic biopsy is advised as the diagnostic procedure in suspected cases. A 9-year-old girl with diffuse cerebrospinal gliomatosis, investigated with sequential cranial CT scans, and MRI-verified spinal cord involvement is reported, and the corresponding literature is reviewed.