Abstract
Multiple glioma is a well-recognized but uncommon entity. They are grouped in two categories: multifocal and multicentric gliomas. Multifocal gliomas grow through dissemination along an established route, spreading through commissural pathways, CSF channels, or the blood or by local extension through satellite formation; at the opposite end of the spectrum, multicentric gliomas are widely separated lesions whose simultaneous presence cannot be attributed to any of the above pathways. Reports in the literature refer to single cases or small series of multicentric gliomas, almost always in adult patients, their occurrence in children being even less frequent. We report the case of a 12-year-old boy with multicentric glioma, atypical acute clinical onset and fast growth of three other tumors in 8 months, and then discuss the problems of diagnosis and therapy.
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Received: 12 October 1999 Revised: 21 January 2000
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Zamponi, N., Rychlicki, F., Ducati, A. et al. Multicentric glioma with unusual clinical presentation. Child's Nerv Syst 17, 101–105 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00013723
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