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| Year : 2007 | Volume
: 2
| Issue : 2 | Page : 69-71 |
Congenital glioblastoma multiforme: A case report and review of literature
Manish K Kasliwal1, Deepak K Gupta1, Ashok K Mahapatra1, Mehar C Sharma2
1 Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029, India
2 Department of Neuropathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029, India
Correspondence Address:
Deepak K Gupta
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.36766
Congenital brain tumors are very rare neoplasms. The diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme in a newborn infant is a rarity. Prognosis of congenital glioblastoma has been uniformly fatal with most of the cases reported in literature having a very short survival in spite of all modalities of treatment. The authors report a case of congenital glioblastoma involving the pan right cerebral hemisphere in a two month-old infant who expired six months after tumor decompression. Literature is reviewed in light of the present case and various treatment modalities for this rare tumor are highlighted.
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