A rare clinical presentation: a pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma presenting with intracerebral haemorrhage and metastasizing vigorouslycase report and review of the literature

Otluoglu G. D., Ozek M. M.

CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM, cilt.35, sa.2, ss.355-362, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00381-018-3960-1
  • Dergi Adı: CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.355-362
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, Haemorrhage, Anaplastic PXA, Lesion, MALIGNANT-TRANSFORMATION, FEATURES, GLIOBLASTOMA, PROGRESSION, OUTCOMES, PATIENT
  • Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Metastasis of an intracranial tumour is not a common situation in our daily neurosurgical practice. Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is also a rare glial tumour with relatively a favourable prognosis among other CNS pathologies. Here, we present an anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma case which shows both haematogenous and lymphatic metastasis which is described first time in the up-to-date literature. Our case is a 17-year-old male operated for a right occipital intra-axial lesion with a diagnosis of anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma which recurs 5years later and metastasize vigorously through haematogenous and lymphatic routes. A rare-presenting symptom for this pathology is also intracerebral haemorrhage. This is the ninth case report in the literature which presents initially with this entity.