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KMID : 0942820090080020208
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Journal of Korean Brain Tumor Society
2009 Volume.8 No. 2 p.208 ~ p.211
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Extracranial Lung Metastasis of Primary Intracranial Gliosarcoma
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Oh Min-Chul
Choi Yoon-Jung
Yang Kook-Hee
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Abstract
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Gliosarcoma is an uncommon malignant brain tumor with biphasic tissue pattern consisted of both glial and sarcomatous components. Extracranial metastasis of gliosarcoma is extremely rare. We report a case of 61-year-old male who developed lung metastasis clinically from a left frontal gliosarcoma. The patient initially presented with progressively worsening headaches, right-sided numbness associated with left frontal brain tumor. He underwent surgical resection of tumor followed by radio- and chemotherapy for a primary gliosarcoma. Seven months following initial resection , the patient’s clinical status deteriorated with dyspnea and CT scan demonstrated a lung mass. Pathologic examination of lung mass revealed wide-spread, infiltrating malignant spindle cell clinically from primary gliosarcoma. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of gliosarcoma with lung metastasis in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Gliosarcoma, Extracranial metastasis
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