Metastatic Brainstem Glioma in Children: A Case Report and Review
This article presents a 33 months old patient, with failure to thrive, alterations in gait and swallow. Brain and spine magnetic resonance showed masses at medulla and pons, venous thrombosis in the left transverse sinus and metastatic masses to spinal cord. Unresectable metastatic brainstem glioma...
| Autor Principal: | Castaño González, Alexandra; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
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| Otros Autores: | Angarita Ribero, Claudia Tatiana; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Guzmán Cruz, Paula Carolina; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2012
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnimedica/article/view/16212 |
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This article presents a 33 months old patient, with failure to thrive, alterations in gait and swallow. Brain and spine magnetic resonance showed masses at medulla and pons, venous thrombosis in the left transverse sinus and metastatic masses to spinal cord. Unresectable metastatic brainstem glioma was diagnosed. Oncology started treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy having a survival time of more than 3 years. |
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