Neurologia medico-chirurgica
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Case Reports
Frontal Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma Showing Multi-organ Metastases After a Long Clinical Course
—Case Report—
Takeo UZUKAAkiyoshi KAKITAChikanori INENAGAHideaki TAKAHASHIRyuichi TANAKAHitoshi TAKAHASHI
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2007 Volume 47 Issue 4 Pages 174-177

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A 17-year-old woman presented with an anaplastic oligodendroglioma manifesting as generalized seizure. Neuroimaging studies revealed a right frontal tumor. Histological examinations of biopsy specimens revealed that the tumor was oligodendroglial in nature. Total resection was repeated four times, and malignant change was evident within the tissues. The final diagnosis was anaplastic oligodendroglioma. Despite irradiation, combination chemotherapy, and interstitial hyperthermia, the tumor grew rapidly but was confined to the cavity created by previous removal operations. She suffered bone pain in the last 3 months of her life, when neuroimaging examinations disclosed multiple bone lesions. She died at the age of 29 years. At autopsy, generalized metastases from the tumor were identified at various sites, including the dura mater covering the frontal lobes and thoracic cord, cavernous sinus, tuberculum sellae, spleen, liver, pancreas, lungs, paratracheal lymph nodes, vertebral bodies, ribs, sternum, pelvis, dorsal root ganglia, and iliopsoas muscle. This rare case of cerebral anaplastic oligodendroglioma developed in adolescence, and rapid hematogenous spread of the glioma cells into the systemic organs occurred after a relatively long clinical course.

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