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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2024

Radiological and histopathological correlations in oligodendroglioma: a comprehensive case report.

Shivali Kalode, Sarang Banait

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Polymorphous low-grade neuroepithelial tumor of the young: case report and literature review.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2025
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Shivali KalodeDepartment of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Sarang BanaitIndira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

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Abstract

Oligodendroglial tumors are rare tumors that constitute part of the neuroepithelial tumors of the central nervous system. A diffuse, low-grade astrocytoma (WHO grade II), oligodendrogliomas are typically encountered in adults, with children under the age of 15 accounting for about 25% of cases. Although they can arise anywhere in the central nervous system, oligodendrogliomas typically occur in the cerebral white matter. Radiotherapy is the main mode of treatment since surgical intervention is limited to the role of biopsy and management of secondary effects, due to the deep brain location of the lesion and the complexity of the involved structures. Here, we are reporting a case of an 11-year-old male, who presented with a complaint of headache and underwent contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) that showed a heterogenous lesion with evidence of calcification and surrounding edema compressing the third ventricle. Oligodendroglioma was diagnosed with histopathological correlation which further confirmed the diagnosis. The patient then underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy as adjuvant therapies. A patient's prognosis is typically bad in rare occurrences of diffuse white matter spread oligodendroglioma, which can have a significant effect on neurological health.

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Brain NeoplasmsOligodendrogliomaChildHeadacheHumansMalePrognosisTomography, X-Ray Computedcase reportCT scanhistopathologyOligodendrogliomapsammoma bodies

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PMID39989940
PMCPMC11845993

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