TY - JOUR
T1 - Extracranial metastasis of glioblastoma to the lung and heart with a histological resemblance to small cell carcinoma of the lung
T2 - An autopsy case
AU - Hata, N.
AU - Katsuta, T.
AU - Inoue, T.
AU - Arikawa, K.
AU - Yano, T.
AU - Takeshita, M.
AU - Iwaki, T.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - An autopsy case of small cell glioblastoma, showing multiple extracranial metastases, is reported with special reference to histopathological differentiation from metastatic small cell carcinoma. Widely spread lesions in the bilateral lungs were developed after an operation and chemo-radiotherapy for glioblastoma, and the lung lesions led to fatal respiratory failure. Postmortem examination revealed multiple tumors in the lung, lymph nodes, and the heart, as well as local invasion of the primary tumor to the dura, skull, and the scalp. The mechanism of extracranial metastasis of brain tumor is discussed.
AB - An autopsy case of small cell glioblastoma, showing multiple extracranial metastases, is reported with special reference to histopathological differentiation from metastatic small cell carcinoma. Widely spread lesions in the bilateral lungs were developed after an operation and chemo-radiotherapy for glioblastoma, and the lung lesions led to fatal respiratory failure. Postmortem examination revealed multiple tumors in the lung, lymph nodes, and the heart, as well as local invasion of the primary tumor to the dura, skull, and the scalp. The mechanism of extracranial metastasis of brain tumor is discussed.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 11449715
AN - SCOPUS:0034986698
SN - 0301-2603
VL - 29
SP - 433
EP - 438
JO - Neurological Surgery
JF - Neurological Surgery
IS - 5
ER -