Malignant transformation of grade II ganglioglioma to glioblastoma: A case report (CROSBI ID 186464)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Čupić, Hrvoje ; Sajko, Tomislav ; Sesar, Nikolina ; Ivica, Mihovil ; Pažanin, Leo
engleski
Malignant transformation of grade II ganglioglioma to glioblastoma: A case report
Gangliogliomas are well diferentiated and slowly growing neuroepithelial tumors composed of neoplastic ganglion cells and neoplastic glial cells corresponding mostly to the World Health Organization grade I tumors.However, some of these tumors disclose histologically more malignant glial component and correspond to grade II or grade III tumors. We report a case of left temporal lobe tumor in a 42-year-old woman fulflling the diagnostic criteria for atypical (grade II) ganglioglioma with high Ki-67 proliferation index and p53 immunoreactive tumor cells. In spite of gross total removal of the tumor, it recurred eight months after surgery. Histopathological examination of the recurrent tumor revealed that it had undergone malignant transformation into a glioblastoma. This case indicates that gangliogliomas with high Ki-67 proliferating index and p53 immunoreactivity should be carefully monitored for recurrence and malignant progression regardless of their morphological grading and seemingly total surgical removal.
ganglioglioma ; malignant transformation ; glioblastoma
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Podaci o izdanju
3 (2)
2012.
213-216
objavljeno
2081-3856
2081-6936
10.2478/s13380-012-0017-x
Povezanost rada
Kliničke medicinske znanosti