DIFFUSE LEPTOMENINGEAL INVOLVEMENT BY A GANGLIOGLIOMA IN A CHILD

被引:42
作者
WACKER, MR
COGEN, PH
ETZELL, JE
DANESHVAR, L
DAVIS, RL
PRADOS, MD
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,SCH MED,DEPT PATHOL,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94122
[2] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,SCH MED,DEPT PEDIAT,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94122
[3] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,SCH MED,BRAIN TUMOR RES CTR,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94122
关键词
GANGLIOGLIOMA; LEPTOMENINGEAL TUMOR; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;
D O I
10.3171/jns.1992.77.2.0302
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
Gangliogliomas are tumors composed of neuronal and glial elements that typically grow slowly by expansion only. This report describes a 20-month-old girl with a ganglioglioma that extensively involved the subarachnoid space; microscopic foci of tumor were found in the brain and spinal cord. Despite chemotherapy and radiation therapy, the child died 5 months after diagnosis. Molecular genetic analysis showed loss of chromosome 17p DNA sequences in the tumor tissue.
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页数:5
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