Primary multifocal leptomeningeal gliomatosis

Pediatr Radiol. 1998 Aug;28(8):580-2. doi: 10.1007/s002470050419.

Abstract

Only nine cases of primary multifocal leptomeningeal gliomatosis (PMLG) have been reported. We describe the first child with malignant features of PMLG who was diagnosed during life. The differential diagnosis based on imaging findings includes infectious and lymphoproliferative disorders.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Gadolinium DTPA
  • Glioma / diagnosis*
  • Glioma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Pia Mater / pathology

Substances

  • Gadolinium DTPA