Journal article
Case 8-2014: A Man with Headache, Vomiting, and Diplopia
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.370(26), pp.2545-2545
06/26/2014
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1404375
PMID: 24963586
Abstract
To the Editor:
In the Case Record by Cho et al. (March 13 issue)
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about glioblastoma involving the leptomeninges, primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis was diagnosed because there was no evidence of glioblastoma in the underlying brain parenchyma. However, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain on the patient's first admission showed that the left Sylvian fissure appeared to be located more posteriorly than the right one (Figure 1C in the article), suggesting the possibility that a mass lesion was already present in the left frontal lobe. The authors point out diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement but not the finding of left Sylvian fissure . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Case 8-2014: A Man with Headache, Vomiting, and Diplopia
- Creators
- Kazuhiro Takahashi - Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, JapanTracey A Cho - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MAAndrew S Chi - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MAPamela W Schaefer - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.370(26), pp.2545-2545
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMc1404375
- PMID
- 24963586
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/26/2014
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070990802771
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