Extensive and dense calcification in the core of a ventrally exophytic brainstem glioma

Brain Tumor Pathol. 2002;19(2):101-3. doi: 10.1007/BF02478935.

Abstract

The first case of a ventrally exophytic pontine glioma with extensive and dense calcification is reported. A 10-year-old boy presented with a generalized seizure. The skull radiogram and CT scan showed a dense area of calcification, revealed by MRI as the core of a ventrally exophytic tumor. The pathologic diagnosis was fibrillary astrocytoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Stem Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Stem Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Brain Stem Neoplasms / surgery
  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Calcinosis / surgery
  • Child
  • Epilepsy, Generalized / etiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Glioma / complications
  • Glioma / pathology*
  • Glioma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed