Anaplastic oligodendroglioma with cervical lymphonode metastasis: report of a case

RESUMO

A case of a patient operated on twice for a temporoparietal anaplastic oligondendroglioma, followed by radiotherapy, is reported. Although no intracranial recurrence has happened, a biopsyproven extracranial cervical lymphnode metastasis was diagnosed 15 months later. Surgical manipulation of the primary lesion by lymphatic and/or blood vessel invasion seem to be the main suspected factors in the development of CNS tumors metastasis in the head and neck region.