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Article: Cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme presenting as a cerebellopontine angle mass.(case report)(Disease/Disorder overview)
- Article from:
- Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Byline: Anupam. Jindal, Awadhesh. Jaiswal, Sushila. Jaiswal, Paritosh. Pandey, Ashok. Mahapatra, Mehar. Sharma
Cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly malignant brain tumour, which is exceedingly rare and such tumour presenting as cerebellopontine angle (CPA) mass is even rarer. We here discuss the case of a 15-year-old girl who had cerebellar GBM presenting as CPA mass that resembled meningioma on CT scan and was managed successfully with minimal problems.
The most common type of cerebellar neoplasm is the pilocytic astrocytoma; anaplastic astrocytoma and GBM in the cerebellum are rare, which have appeared only in case reports. Of these, ...