Primary multifocal leptomeningeal gliomatosis

A 23-year-old female university student was presented with recent onset of non-specific headache and dizziness. She had no neurological deficit on neurological examination and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed diffuse enhancement in the basal cisterns and cerebral sulci. She was treat...

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Published in:European journal of radiology 2001, Vol.37 (1), p.5-7
Main Authors: YIK KONG TSUI, Edmund, KA TAI LOO, CHUN KEUNG MOK, MING KEUNG YUEN, YU KEUNG CHEUNG
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Meningeal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial - diagnosis
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial - pathology
Neurology
Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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Summary:A 23-year-old female university student was presented with recent onset of non-specific headache and dizziness. She had no neurological deficit on neurological examination and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed diffuse enhancement in the basal cisterns and cerebral sulci. She was treated as tuberculous meningitis but she did not improve and developed respiratory arrest. Autopsy showed primary multifocal leptomeningeal gliomatosis.
ISSN:0720-048X
1872-7727
DOI:10.1016/S0720-048X(00)00220-5