Abstract
Only a few cases reported in the literature fulfil the currently established criteria for accepting the traumatic origin of some intracranial tumors.
A case of post-traumatic glioma is presented. Several years after sustaining a commotive left parietal trauma, our patient developed symptoms of intracranial tumor. Neuroimaging (CT and MRI) showed a large neoplasia in the left temporo-parietal-occipital region, and stereotactic biopsy revealed a mixed glioma in continuity with the scar resulting from the trauma.
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Solo pochi dei casi riportati nella letteratura scientifica soddisfano pienamente i criteri stabiliti per accettare l'origine post-traumatica di alcune neoplasie endocraniche. Presentiamo il caso di un paziente il quale, molti anni dopo aver subito un trauma cranico commotivo nella regione parietale sinistra, ha manifestato una sintomatologia compatibile con un processo espansivo endocranico. Le neuroimmagini (TC e RM) hanno mostrato una estesa neoplasia nella regione temporo-parieto-occipitale sinistra. Una biopsia stereotassica ha evidenziato un glioma misto in continuità diretta con la cicatrice del pregresso trauma.
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Di Trapani, G., Carnevale, A., Scerrati, M. et al. Post-traumatic malignant glioma. Report of a case. Ital J Neuro Sci 17, 283–286 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01997787
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