Intracerebral metastasis of glioblastoma multiforme. Case report and literature review.

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults. It's characterized by a high malignancy and rapid, frequent tendency to local recurrence. Distant metastases disseminated in the brain compared to the primary lesion and outside the central nervous system are rarely reported in the literature. The case which is being presented is of a 53 year old man operated in 2008 because of Glioblastoma multiforme IV WHO in the left periventricular parietal region, in which the main symptoms were the Gerstmann syndrome, mixed aphasia and memory disturbance. The patient was operated totally followed by adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Two years later epileptic seizures and aphasia were intensified. Due to this adverse symptoms MRI was ordered, which revealed a tumor in the left periventricular temporal region in different location compared to the primary lesion. The patient was operated by temporal lobectomy. Histopathological diagnosis was Glioblastoma multiforme IV WHO. According to the literature we analyzed the natural GBM tumor features and factors responsible for possibility to appear of the same type of tumor in another location of the brain.

[Malignant astrocytoma as a recurrance of astrocytoma II WHO after 13 years. Case report and literature review]. / Wznowa gwiazdziaka II stopnia wg WHO w formie uzlosliwionej po 13 latach. Opis przypadku i przeglad pismiennictwa.

Astrocytomas--neroepithelial originated tumors that belong to the big, differential group of tumors, which derive from astrocytic glial. They include slow growing tumors such as fibillary astrocytoma or very malignant glioblastoma multiforme. The case which is being presented is of a forty nine year old woman operated in July 1997 because of a protoplasmic astrocytoma II WHO in the left frontal lobe. The main symptoms were epilepsy seizures. The patient was operated totally followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. 13 years later epilepsy seizures with syncope showed up again. Due to this adverse event MRI was ordered and suspicion of tumor recurrence was put forward. The lesion was removed radically with a neuronavigation guided technique. Histopathology identified anaplastic astrocytoma III WHO. According to literature, the factors regarding remission time, tumor malignancy and therapeutic aim were analyzed.