Is cerebral cavernous malformation a pre-glioma lesion?
- Author:
Ji-yang ZHANG
1
;
Zong-yi MING
;
An-hua WU
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Glioma;
diagnostic imaging;
pathology;
Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System;
diagnostic imaging;
pathology;
Humans;
Male;
Radiography
- From:
Chinese Medical Journal
2012;125(24):4511-4513
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Glioma is the most malignant tumor in the brain, the origin of glioma is still unknown. Recently some papers indicated that glioma may be developed from cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM). We describe a man with a right temporal lobe CCM, after gamma-knife radiotherapy, the patient developed a low-grade astrocytoma in the area of the preexistent CCM. This case, together with other reports, may indicated an oncogenetic properties of CCM, and we proposed that CCM may be a pre-glioma lesion.
