SUMMARY -The authors describe a rare case of increased intracranial hypertension consequent to a spinal cervical glioblastoma multiforme in a young patient. They analyse the physiopathology of intracranial hypertension in spinal tumors and the rarity of such kind of tumor in this location, and its clinico-pathological aspects.K E Y WORDS: intracranial hypertension, spinal glioblastoma multiforme, young patient.
Hipertensão intracraniana em caso de glioblastoma multiforme da medula cervical: análise dessas duas raras condiçõesRESUMO -Os autores descrevem um raro caso de hipertensão intracraniana conseqüente a glioblastoma multiforme situado na medula cervical de uma paciente jovem. Analisam a fisiopatologia de hipertensão intracraniana em tumores medulares e a raridade desse tipo de tumor nessa localização, assim como seus aspectos clínico-patológicos. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: hipertensão intracraniana, glioblastoma multiforme espinhal, paciente jovem.
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