Bilateral Thalamic Glioma: Case Report

A 35-year-old woman presented with a bilateral thalamic glioma manifesting as dysesthesia over the left side of the body and mental deterioration. T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed enlarged bilateral thalami with homogeneous isointensity and no enhancement after gadolinium administrati...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurologia medico-chirurgica 2002, Vol.42(10), pp.443-446
Hauptverfasser:	UCHINO, Masafumi, KITAJIMA, Satoru, MIYAZAKI, Chikao, SHIBATA, Iekado, MIURA, Myouta
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult bilateral thalamic tumor Biopsy Brain Neoplasms - complications Brain Neoplasms - pathology Brain Neoplasms - surgery Female glioma Glioma - complications Glioma - pathology Glioma - surgery Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging personality changes Personality Disorders - diagnosis Personality Disorders - etiology Stereotaxic Techniques thalamus Thalamus - pathology Thalamus - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	A 35-year-old woman presented with a bilateral thalamic glioma manifesting as dysesthesia over the left side of the body and mental deterioration. T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed enlarged bilateral thalami with homogeneous isointensity and no enhancement after gadolinium administration. Histological examination of a stereotactic biopsy specimen identified anaplastic astrocytoma. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy failed to arrest tumor growth. She subsequently died. Magnetic resonance imaging and clinical findings support the view that bilateral thalamic gliomas represent a distinct clinicopathologic entity among thalamic tumors.
ISSN:	0470-8105 1349-8029
DOI:	10.2176/nmc.42.443