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We present the first case report describing a craniotomy for a glioblastoma in a patient with hemihydranencephaly (HHE). Ten years ago our patient had average cognitive and language functions, indicating very good adaption of his single right hemisphere. Due to the tumour he developed a deceleration, deficits in language functions and mild impairments of basic cognitive functions. Further neuroplastic reorganisations of his right hemisphere in response to the tumour growth are discussed. The favourable postoperative outcome supported the decision for careful tumour resection in this patient with HHE.
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We would like to thank Thomas Lindner, MSc, for his help in data acquisition and Christian Panke, PhD, for his helpful comments on the draft of this manuscript.
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Becker, J., Jehna, M., Larsen, N. et al. Glioblastoma in hemihydranencephaly: preoperative and postoperative language ability of the right hemisphere. Acta Neurochir 158, 1317–1323 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2825-1
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