Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis followed with serial magnetic resonance images |
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Authors: | Satoshi Ishige Yasuo Iwadate Hiroshi Ishikura Naokatsu Saeki |
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Abstract: | We report a case of primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis (PDLG) followed up with serial magnetic resonance images (MRI). A 45‐year‐old man manifested with bilateral abducens nerve palsy and meningisms. Repeated MRI revealed diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement throughout the central nervous system without intra‐axial mass accompanied with the dilatation of ventricles and focally enlarged cerebral sulci. Brain biopsies showed a leptomeningeal gliomatosis. The MRI findings described here would contribute to the diagnosis of PDLG among other common diseases diffusely spreading along the leptomeningeal structures. |
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Keywords: | glioblastoma glioma leptomeninges magnetic resonance image meningitis |
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