Spinal and cervical nodal metastases in a patient with glioblastoma
This article presents the rare case of a 54-year-old gentleman with primary glioblastoma developing multiple extracranial metastases 7 months after diagnosis. Initially, the patient complained of progressive headaches, confusion, and weakness of the left arm. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed a right temporoparietal tumor with substantial surrounding subcortical edema and midline shift to the left. Two consecutive craniotomies resulted in complete microsurgical resection of the lesion. Histology was consistent with a World Health Organization grade IV, IDH-wildtype glioblastoma. Further treatment was standard chemo radiation including intensity-modulated radiotherapy with oral temozolomide chemotherapy. Seven months after diagnosis, the cranial lesion progressed, and the patient developed painful metastases in multiple bones and suspicious right-sided cervical lymph nodes. Immunohistochemistry and molecular si gnature supported the case of a metastatic glioblastoma. Further treatment was palliative radiotherapy of the spinal lesions along with symptomatic pain management. Extracranial metastasis of glioblastoma is a rare complication of which only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Littl e is known about the precise mechanisms of tumor dissemination and the appropriate treatment.
Source: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
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