Journal article
Intracranial Glioblastoma with Drop Metastases to the Spine After Stereotactic Biopsy
Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery, Vol.74(S 01), pp.e221-e224
12/2013
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1345685
PMID: 23804229
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary intracranial tumor, but metastases are rarely reported. Previous reports have documented the occurrence of drop metastases to the spine. However, few of these reports have demonstrated the occurrence of spinal metastases after biopsy with stable intracranial disease. Here we present such a case.
Case Description
We present a case of GBM metastatic to the spinal cord after a stereotactic biopsy with stable intracranial disease. To our knowledge, this occurrence has only been reported in one previous case.
Conclusion
We propose that traversing the lateral ventricle at the time of biopsy contributed to cerebrospinal fluid seeding with tumor cells and subsequent development of spinal disease.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Intracranial Glioblastoma with Drop Metastases to the Spine After Stereotactic Biopsy
- Creators
- Gregory Albert - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' College of Medicine, Little Rock, Arkansas, United StatesShafik Wassef - Department of Neurosurgery, University of IowaNader Dahdaleh - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United StatesTimothy Lindley - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United StatesLeslie Bruch - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United StatesPatrick Hitchon - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery, Vol.74(S 01), pp.e221-e224
- Publisher
- Georg Thieme Verlag KG; Stuttgart · New York
- DOI
- 10.1055/s-0033-1345685
- PMID
- 23804229
- ISSN
- 2193-6315
- eISSN
- 2193-6323
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2013
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Pathology; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984040286202771
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