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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Intracranial Metastases Originating From Pediatric Primary Spinal Cord Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Dengpan Song, Dingkang Xu, Qiang Gao, Peizhu Hu, Fuyou Guo

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Influence of treatment modalities on survival and progression free survival in primary spinal cord glioblastoma: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  2. Pediatric-type high-grade glioma of the spinal cord in the molecular era: institutional case series and updated systematic review of the literature.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dengpan SongDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Dingkang XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Qiang GaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Peizhu HuDepartment of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Fuyou GuoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme (scGBM) is an uncommon entity in pediatrics, and intracranial metastasis originating in spinal cord gliomas is very rare. A 7-year-old female presented with weakness in the limbs, paralysis of the lower limbs and incontinence. The initial MRI of the spinal cord revealed expansion and abnormal signals from T2 to T5. She was initially diagnosed with Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders and treated with high-dose glucocorticoid and gamma globulin. Four months later, her symptoms worsened and follow-up imaging showed multiple intracranial mass lesions. We performed a subtotal resection of the right thalamic basal ganglia tumor and gross total resection of the right frontal lobe tumor under microscopic examination. Histopathology revealed scGBM with intracranial metastasis and the molecular pathology diagnosis suggested H3K27M mutant diffuse midline glioma WHO grade IV, which had previously been misdiagnosed as a Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. We review the literature of intracranial metastases originating from pediatric primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme and summarize possible methods of differentiation, including changes in muscle strength or tone, intramedullary heterogeneously enhancing solitary mass lesions and cord expansion in MRI. Finally, we emphasize that in unexpected radiological changes or disadvantageous response to the treatment, a biopsy to achieve a pathological diagnosis is necessary to discard other diseases, especially neoplasms.

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case reportintracranial metastasesliterature reviewpediatricspinal cord glioblastoma

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PMID32117750
PMCPMC7026187
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