Correlation of computed tomography and postmortem findings of a diffuse astrocytoma: A case report

Carter, Daniel J; Wiedmeyer, D A; Antuono, Piero; Ho, K C

doi:10.1016/0895-6111(89)90293-0

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“…Some authors consider the bilateral involvement of the thalamic nuclei to be the result of either the spreading of a glioma from the one side to the other [1], or the lateral sprouting of a tumor originating in the subependymal region of the third ventricle [2]. According to Fig.…”

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Bilateral thalamic tumors in children

Rocco

Iannelli

2002

Child's Nervous System

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The diffuse and bilateral involvement of both thalami makes surgical therapy barely feasible, even at the present time. Today, the main role of surgery is still to obtain a histological diagnosis. Generally, PBTTs are low-grade astrocytomas (grade II in the WHO classification), but limited anaplastic areas may be found in some patients, so that grade III and IV astrocytomas may be expected in a significant proportion of cases.

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Bilateral thalamic tumors in children

Rocco

Iannelli

2002

Child's Nervous System

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“…[6–8] According to one view, these are supposed to arise on one side of thalamic nuclei and spread to other side with time, while according to other view they arise by sprouting of tumors from subependymal region of the third ventricle. In an autopsy series,[8] a connection was found across midline through the posterior part of corpus callosum and prerubral region of midbrain; however, this hypothesis is difficult to accept because of topographic characteristics of these lesions. These are bilaterally symmetrical, confined within the thalamic nuclei, and not violate the border between gray and white matter.…”

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Bilateral thalamic glioma in a 6-year-old child

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Bithalamic gliomas are extremely rare tumors of central nervous system. Although they are usually benign in nature, their outcome is poor because of the involvement of thalamic nuclei and inadequate surgical excision. Surgery is usually done to get tissue for diagnosis. Role of radiotherapy and chemotherapy is questionable. They are unique in their metabolic and neuroradiological properties. We report herein a 6-year-old male of bithalamic astrocytoma (WHO grade 2) who presented with raised intracranial pressure and tremors in right upper limb. The child had a very huge bithalamic mass which was debulked through the interhemispheric transcallosal approach in order to reduce the mass effect. He had a stormy post-operative course to recover gradually.

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“…BTG is rare among the thalamic tumors and has a very poor prognosis despite therapy. [38][39][40] The differential diagnosis of BTG includes brainstem encephalitis, acute necrotizing encephalopathy, mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, and deep cerebral venous thrombosis. 9,36,37 They are usually undetectable on CT, whereas on FLAIR and T2WI they appear as diffuse, homogeneous high-intensity areas ( Figure 8(A-C)).…”

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