Abstract
Gliosarcomas are uncommon variants of glioblastoma bearing the histological hallmark of two distinct tumor components (high grade glial and sarcomatous). They share similarities with glioblastomas as far as clinico-epidemiological and prognostic factors are concerned. They are commonly cortically-surfacing lesions occurring mostly in the supratentorial compartment. Intraventricular location of a gliosarcoma is very uncommon and reported only once before. We report one such case where the lesion was subependymal and protruded into the ventricle giving the appearance of a truly intraventricluar tumor. We discuss this case and review the relevant literature.
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Moiyadi, A., Sridhar, E. & Jalali, R. Intraventricular gliosarcoma: unusual location of an uncommon tumor. J Neurooncol 96, 291–294 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-009-9952-y
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