Gliosarcoma in Cerebellopontine Angle with Rapid Tumor Growth and Intratumoral Hemorrhage: Case Report.

Gliosarcoma in Cerebellopontine Angle with Rapid Tumor Growth and Intratumoral Hemorrhage: Case Report.

World Neurosurg. 2016 Jun 20;

Authors: Duan H, Kitazawa K, Yako T, Ichinose S, Kobayashi S, Sudo M

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Gliosarcoma is a relatively rare and bimorphous brain tumor, predominantly located in the brain lobe. Here we report a rare case of gliosarcoma presenting radiologically in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) region.
CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient was a 71-year-old woman suffered from progressive tinnitus. A series of image examinations showed a rapidly growing CPA tumor which enlarged from nonexistence to 4cm in diameter with extension to the internal auditory canal in a short period of 6 months. The patient was operated on in emergency because of intratumoral hemorrhage and rapidly deteriorating neurological symptoms. Under the diagnosis of gliosarcoma confirmed by pathological examination, chemotherapy and radiotherapy were conducted following partial resection. The patient recovered uneventfully and the residual tumor disappeared nearly completely on the image taken 6 months later.
CONCLUSIONS: Though rare, gliosarcoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of CPA tumors, especially if it is associated with rapid tumor growth and/or intratumoral hemorrhage.

PMID: 27338213 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

from #ENT-PubMed via ola Kala on Inoreader http://ift.tt/28UgGCW
via IFTTT