Leukemic dissemination within a glioblastoma in a patient with chronic lymphoid leukemia

Clin Neuropathol. 2003 Jan-Feb;22(1):10-3.

Abstract

Metastasis from an extracranial tumor to a primary central nervous system tumor is a rare event, and most reported cases concern metastases to meningiomas. The authors describe the first case of leukemic cell dissemination within a glioblastoma. The patient likely presented a genetic predisposition to multiple neoplasms, and the unusual localization of leukemic cells might be partly related to the characteristic microvascular proliferation in glioblastoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Glioblastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Glioblastoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / pathology*
  • Leukemic Infiltration / diagnostic imaging
  • Leukemic Infiltration / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed