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Primary cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme

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Glioblastoma multiforme in adults arising in the cerebellum is a rare tumor, well documented in only 13 cases in the literature. We report a fourteenth case, an 80-year-old female, and reassess the clinical and CT aspects of this tumor based on a review of the world's literature. The median age of patients is 53 years with a median survival of three months, which is less than adult cerebral hemisphere malignant gliomas.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Steven A. Levine & Harry S. Greenberg

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Paul E. McKeever

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Levine, S.A., McKeever, P.E. & Greenberg, H.S. Primary cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme. J Neuro-Oncol 5, 231–236 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151226

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