Gliomatosis cerebri presenting as idiopathic intracranial hypertension in a child

J Neuroophthalmol. 2011 Dec;31(4):339-41. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31821a6d22.

Abstract

We present a rare case of a diffuse anaplastic astrocytoma (gliomatosis configuration) in a child, which was misdiagnosed as pseudotumor cerebri following initially normal CT of the brain and elevated opening pressure on lumbar puncture with normal cerebrospinal composition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Brain Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / analysis
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Pressure
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / chemistry
  • Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / diagnosis*
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Puncture
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / analysis

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
  • MIB1 ligase, human
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases