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A case of gliomatosis cerebri mimicking primary central nervous system lymphoma and review of the literature

Primer santral sinir sistemi lenfomasını taklit eden gliomatozis serebri olgusu ve literatür taraması

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290–293
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Combined and effective use of anatomical and metabolic diagnostic methods may have a great importance in the early diagnosis and treatment of gliomatosis cerebri as the definitive diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri is generally possible with postmortem histopathological examination.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Gliomatosis cerebri is a rarely seen diffuse, infiltrating glial tumor that usually affects bilateral hemispheres and at least two lobes of the brain extending to infratentorial structures and even to spinal cord, with a very poor prognosis.
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Key Findings & Data:Positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-deoksi-2-[18F] Flour-D-glukoz (FDG) or FDG PET/computed tomography has an important role in demonstrating the appropriate biopsy areas and differentiating pathologies mimicking gliomatosis cerebri on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
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Conclusion & Impact:Combined and effective use of anatomical and metabolic diagnostic methods may have a great importance in the early diagnosis and treatment of gliomatosis cerebri as the definitive diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri is generally possible with postmortem histopathological examination.
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Abstract

Gliomatosis cerebri is a rarely seen diffuse, infiltrating glial tumor that usually affects bilateral hemispheres and at least two lobes of the brain extending to infratentorial structures and even to spinal cord, with a very poor prognosis. Clinical presentation is nonspesific and not in correlation with the anatomic extent of the disease. Magnetic resonance imaging is superior to computed tomography in diagnosis showing the extent of disease, and computed tomography has low sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis. Positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-deoksi-2-[18F] Flour-D-glukoz (FDG) or FDG PET/computed tomography has an important role in demonstrating the appropriate biopsy areas and differentiating pathologies mimicking gliomatosis cerebri on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Combined and effective use of anatomical and metabolic diagnostic methods may have a great importance in the early diagnosis and treatment of gliomatosis cerebri as the definitive diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri is generally possible with postmortem histopathological examination.

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Gliomatozis serebri, genellikle beynin iki hemisferinin ve en az iki lobunun tutulduğu, infratentorial yapılara hatta spinal korda kadar uzanabilen, ender görülmesine karşın prognozu oldukça kötü olan diffüz infiltratif bir gliyal tümördür. Klinik tablo nonspesifik olup, hastalığın şiddeti anatomik yaygınlık ile korele değildir. Tanı ve hastalık yaygınlığının gösterilmesinde manyetik rezonans görüntüleme, bilgisayarlı tomografiye göre daha üstün olup, bilgisayarlı tomografi tanıda yeterli duyarlılık ve özgüllükte değildir. 2-deoksi- 2-[18F] Fluoro-D-glukoz (FDG) ile pozitron emisyon tomografi (PET) veya FDG PET/bilgisayarlı tomografi uygun biyopsi alanının gösterilmesi ile bilgisayarlı tomografi ve manyetik rezonans görüntülemede gliomatozis serebriyi taklit eden patolojilerin ayırt edilmesinde önemli bir role sahiptir. Gliomatozis serebrili hastalarda kesin tanı çoğunlukla postmortem histopatolojik incelemeyle mümkün olduğundan, anatomik ve metabolik tanı yöntemlerinin bir arada ve etkin kullanımı gliomatozis serebrinin erken tanı ve tedavisinde önemli rol oynayabilir.

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İNCE, S., ILICA, A. T., ARSLAN, N., GÜNEY, İ. B., EMER, M. Ö., KARAÇALIOĞLU, A. Ö., ÖZGÜVEN, M. A. (2011). A case of gliomatosis cerebri mimicking primary central nervous system lymphoma and review of the literature. Gülhane Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 53 - Sayı: 4, 290–293. https://ajindex.com/articles/226115

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