Rizvi Sadia, Asghar Asghar Hussain, Mehboob Javaid
Department of Clinical Oncology, KIRAN Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2010 Sep;60(9):773-5.
Gliosarcoma is a rare variant of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). It is a very aggressive tumour and usually managed like GBM. Treatment of choice is surgery with good surgical margins followed by radiotherapy (60 Gy). Median survival is seven months. Here we present a case report of 55 years old male who was diagnosed as brain tumour in left temporoparietal region. It turned out to be gliosarcoma after surgical resection and histopathological evaluation.
胶质肉瘤是多形性胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)的一种罕见变体。它是一种极具侵袭性的肿瘤,通常按照GBM进行治疗。首选治疗方法是手术切除,确保手术切缘良好,随后进行放疗(60 Gy)。中位生存期为七个月。在此,我们报告一例55岁男性病例,该患者被诊断为左颞顶叶脑肿瘤。手术切除及组织病理学评估后证实为胶质肉瘤。