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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2015; 10(01): 60
DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.151529
CASE REPORT

Metachronous spinal metastases from supratentorial anaplastic astrocytoma

Authors

  • Amol Raheja

    Department of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

  • Sachin Borkar

    Department of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

  • Rajinder Kumar

    Department of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

  • Vaishali Suri

    1   Department of Neuropathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

  • Bhawani Sharma

    Department of Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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Leptomeningeal spinal metastases from supratentorial high-grade glioma are relatively rare. Authors report an unusual case of metachronous, symptomatic, dual spinal drop metastases in a 20-year-old male patient who was operated for right insular anaplastic astrocytoma 20 months earlier. Surgical decompression of the symptomatic D11-L2 drop metastasis was carried out. Histo-pathological examination revealed features suggestive of glioblastoma multiforme. Patient was advised postoperative radiotherapy. The pertinent literature is reviewed regarding this uncommon entity.

Key-words:

Anaplastic astrocytoma - glioblastoma multiforme - leptomeningeal metastases - spine


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Article published online:
22 September 2022

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