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Haemorrhagic presentation of low-grade glioma in adults |
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| Authors: | A. Della Puppa F. Zustovich M. Gardiman R. Manara D. Cecchin R. Scienza |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Neurosurgery, Padua Hospital, Padua, Italy;(2) Department of Oncology, I.O.V.-I.R.C.C.S, Padua, Italy;(3) Department of Pathology, Padua Hospital, Padua, Italy;(4) Department of Neuroradiology, Padua Hospital, Padua, Italy;(5) Department of Diagnostic Medical Sciences, Nuclear Medicine Service, University Hospital, Padua, Italy |
| Abstract: | Summary Intracranial bleeding is rare in patients with low-grade gliomas, above all in adult population. We reviewed the literature of such cases and reported another case of a haemorrhagic low-grade glioma in a 54-year-old woman presenting with a left hemiparesis. Computer tomography (CT) images showed a right basal ganglia haemorrhage with no mass effect. Vascular malformations were ruled out by angiography. Eighteen fluoro–fluoro deossiglucosio (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET/CT) showed a large hypometabolic area corresponding to the lesion. We waited for patient’s improvement. Late magnetic resonance images revealed a low-grade glioma at the bleeding site. Tumour was removed and histopathologic examination revealed a WHO grade II mixed glioma. The authors emphazise that this evidence has to be kept in mind since it has important therapeutic implications. |
| Keywords: | : Low-grade gliomas mixed gliomas intratumoural bleeding. |
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