TY - JOUR
T1 - Gliomatosis cerebri mimicking Rasmussen encephalitis
T2 - Case report
AU - Ghostine, Samer
AU - Raghavan, Ravi
AU - Michelson, David
AU - Holshouser, Barbara
AU - Tong, Karen
N1 - ✓Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is a distinct malignant neuroepithelial neoplasm that is rarely found in children. The authors present the case of an 11-year-old girl in whom the initial presentation suggested possible early Rasmussen encephalitis (RE), but in whom a diagnosis of GC was made instead after examination of a brain biopsy specimen.
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is a distinct malignant neuroepithelial neoplasm that is rarely found in children. The authors present the case of an 11-year-old girl in whom the initial presentation suggested possible early Rasmussen encephalitis (RE), but in whom a diagnosis of GC was made instead after examination of a brain biopsy specimen. Despite advances in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR spectroscopy, this case shows the limitations of clinical and neuroimaging diagnosis and the essential role of biopsy procedures when early RE is suspected.
AB - Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is a distinct malignant neuroepithelial neoplasm that is rarely found in children. The authors present the case of an 11-year-old girl in whom the initial presentation suggested possible early Rasmussen encephalitis (RE), but in whom a diagnosis of GC was made instead after examination of a brain biopsy specimen. Despite advances in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR spectroscopy, this case shows the limitations of clinical and neuroimaging diagnosis and the essential role of biopsy procedures when early RE is suspected.
KW - Biopsy
KW - Gliomatosis cerebri
KW - Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
KW - Pediatric neurosurgery
KW - Rasmussen encephalitis
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
KW - Humans
KW - Encephalitis/diagnosis
KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW - Female
KW - Brain Neoplasms/diagnosis
KW - Child
KW - Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial/diagnosis
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U2 - 10.3171/PED-07/08/143
DO - 10.3171/PED-07/08/143
M3 - Article
C2 - 18459886
SN - 0022-3085
VL - 107
SP - 143
EP - 146
JO - Journal of neurosurgery
JF - Journal of neurosurgery
IS - 2 SUPPL.
ER -