Complete remission of a diffuse pontine glioma |
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Authors: | Lenard H G Engelbrecht V Janssen G Wechsler W Tautz C |
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Institution: | Department of Paediatrics, University of Düsseldorf, Germany. |
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Abstract: | A patient is described in whom a large diffuse glioma of the pons extending into the midbrain was diagnosed at the age of 2 years. Biopsy showed a fibrillary astrocytoma. After shunting of a hydrocephalus, the clinical symptoms abated without conventional therapy. Repeated MRI studies showed a continuous decrease of the tumour which was no longer visible when the patient was 6.6 years old. In reviews on spontaneous remissions of oncologic disorders we were unable to find a case of a biologically benign brain stem tumour. There is one isolated report on a similar case, though without histologic documentation. |
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