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Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is defined by the World Health Organization as a neoplasm of the glial cells. It is extremely rare, and there exists only 160 documented cases since 1897. There is no known treatment and themedian survival rate is one year. The association of extracranial and CNS tumors is unusual,only three cases of breast cancer have been associatedwith gliomas and meningiomas but none with GC. Below wedescribe a case of breast cancer associated with GC andreview the anatomoclinical and radiological manifestationsof Gliomatosis Cerebri.
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Iglesias, A., García, M., Millaán, J.S. et al. Gliomatosis cerebri mimicking a metastatic breast cancer: Fatal outcome. J Neurooncol 32, 175–178 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005779919226
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