Congenital Glioblastoma Multiforme: report of an autopsy case.
10.3346/jkms.1990.5.4.225
- Author:
Woo Hee JUNG
1
;
Sooim CHOI
;
Ki Keun OH
;
Je G CHI
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology and Radiology, Yong Dong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Review
- Keywords:
Glioblastoma multiforme;
Congenital intracranial neoplasm;
Hydrocephalus
- MeSH:
Autopsy;
Brain Neoplasms/*congenital/pathology;
Glioblastoma/*congenital/pathology;
Humans;
Hydrocephalus/*etiology/pathology;
Infant, Newborn;
Male;
Neoplasm Invasiveness
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
1990;5(4):225-231
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A congenital neoplasm arising in the central nervous system is rarely encountered, and the majority of case reports that have dealt with intracranial tumors have been divided almost equally between teratomas and various gliomas. We experienced a rare case of congenital glioblastoma multiforme encountered in a three day-old male infant who presented with hydrocephalus since birth. Post-mortem examination revealed that the tumor seemed to have originated from the right thalamic region extending centrifugally to the cerebral cortex and through the brain-stem down to the cerebellum.
