Cervical metastatic glioblastoma multiforme

ABSTRACT

Glioblastoma multiforme [GBM] is the most common and most malignant primary brain tumour in adults. In spite of the hostile nature of glioblastoma multiforme [GBM], extracranial spread is not a common event. With improving management choices and survival times, reports of extracranial occurrence of GBM have increased. Most commonly these metastases are to the lungs, lymph nodes, neck/skull, scalp, liver, and bones; may be evident on routine follow-up images of the original lesion. Head and neck metastasis of GBM can be debilitating. We present a case of cervical metastasis of GBM and discuss possible mechanisms of extraneural spread of this tumour