Leptomeninges as a site of relapse in locally controlled,diffuse pontine glioma with review of literature |
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Authors: | Suruchi Singh Ritu Bhutani Rakesh Jalali |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Radiation Oncology, 116, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, 400-012, India |
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Abstract: | Case report Leptomeningeal involvement in diffuse intrinsic brain stem gliomas is rarely diagnosed clinically and in majority of the instances diagnosed only on postmortem examination. We report two cases of diffuse pontine glioma diagnosed clinicoradiologically and treated with conventional radiotherapy.Observations On follow-up, both patients showed clinical features suggestive of meningeal spread although imaging for pontine tumor showed stable disease. Leptomeningeal disease in the spine was confirmed on imaging and in one case by cerebrospinal fluid examination also. During the follow-up of patients with pontine glioma, the possibility of leptomeningeal involvement must be borne in mind. |
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Keywords: | Brain stem glioma Patterns of failure Leptomeningeal spread |
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