H3K27M-Positive Primary Spinal Glioblastoma Presenting with Hemorrhage—A Rare Clinical Entity
Primary spinal glioblastoma multiforme is a rare and aggressive spinal tumor with dismal outcomes We have presented an unusual case—the first, to the best of our knowledge, to be reported—with intratumoral hemorrhage and sudden-onset quadriplegia in a patients with primary spinal glioblastoma multif...
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Veröffentlicht in: | World neurosurgery 2019-06, Vol.126, p.223-227 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Primary spinal glioblastoma multiforme is a rare and aggressive spinal tumor with dismal outcomes
We have presented an unusual case—the first, to the best of our knowledge, to be reported—with intratumoral hemorrhage and sudden-onset quadriplegia in a patients with primary spinal glioblastoma multiforme. The patient underwent emergency surgical decompression. The patient died after a prolonged intensive care unit stay.
The tumor was positive for histone molecular alteration, H3K27M. |
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ISSN: | 1878-8750 1878-8769 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.03.025 |