You Rongjiao, Liu Xiangfa, Chen Songfa, Tan Lixi, Liu Aiqun, Hong Mingfan, Peng Zhongxing
Department of Neurology, School of Clinical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, 19 Nonglinxia Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Transl Neurosci. 2022 Sep 6;13(1):270-274. doi: 10.1515/tnsci-2022-0233. eCollection 2022 Jan 1.
Anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) is rarely observed in the brainstem and the clinical symptoms and imaging manifestations vary, which present a great challenge to accurate clinical diagnosis.
A 56-year-old woman, with a month-long history of nausea and vomiting, was first diagnosed with acute cerebral infarction and demyelinating disease. The patient showed negative results on enhanced magnetic resonance and F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography, and the clinical symptoms were not typical, leading to early misdiagnosis.
Finally, the patient was diagnosed with AA by pathological biopsy.
间变性星形细胞瘤(AA)在脑干中很少见,其临床症状和影像学表现各异,这给准确的临床诊断带来了巨大挑战。
一名56岁女性,有长达一个月的恶心和呕吐病史,最初被诊断为急性脑梗死和脱髓鞘疾病。患者增强磁共振成像和F-氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描-计算机断层扫描结果均为阴性,且临床症状不典型,导致早期误诊。
最终,患者通过病理活检被诊断为AA。