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ArticleSurgical neurology international2018

Giant parieto-occipital lobe pediatric gliosarcoma: Report of a rare entity and review of literature.

Gautam Dutta, Robin Gupta, Manish Garg, Daljit Singh, Hukum Singh, Arvind K Srivastava, Anita Jagetia

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gautam DuttaDepartment of Neuro-Surgery, Govind Ballav Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India.
Robin GuptaDepartment of Neuro-Surgery, Govind Ballav Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India.
Manish GargDepartment of Neuro-Surgery, Govind Ballav Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India.
Daljit SinghDepartment of Neuro-Surgery, Govind Ballav Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India.
Hukum SinghDepartment of Neuro-Surgery, Govind Ballav Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India.
Arvind K SrivastavaDepartment of Neuro-Surgery, Govind Ballav Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India.
Anita JagetiaDepartment of Neuro-Surgery, Govind Ballav Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India.
University of Chicago Medical Center · USGovind Ballabh Pant Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGliosarcoma is a rare high-grade malignant tumor and a variant of glioblastoma characterized by biphasic glial and mesenchymal components. Gliosarcomas occur most commonly in the fifth or sixth decade of life and have a temporal lobe predilection. Occurrence in the pediatric population is extremely rare. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we report the case of an 8-year-old child with histologically confirmed gliosarcoma at the parieto-occipital lobe. Only a subtotal resection of the tumor mass could be performed in view of massive bleeding from the tumor bed; and despite postoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the tumor recurred in a short span of time. A repeat surgery was done but the patient could not survive.

conclusionTo our knowledge, this case constitutes the second youngest case reported in the literature with the lesion in the parieto-occipital region and the third youngest in all pediatric cases of gliosarcoma. This case demonstrates that possibility of gliosarcoma should always be kept in mind in children presenting with features of intracranial high-grade glial tumor. This case also suggests that significant residual after surgery is one variable that may affect the prognosis despite radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.

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Brain neoplasmglioblastoma multiformegliosarcomapediatric brain tumor

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