Bakrbaldawi Ahmed Abdulsalam Ali, Al-Sheikh Umar, Jiang Hongjie, Zhu Junming
Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, CHN.
Clinical Research Center, Neurological Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, CHN.
Cureus. 2024 Aug 12;16(8):e66726. doi: 10.7759/cureus.66726. eCollection 2024 Aug.
Multiple glioblastomas (GBMs) are aggressive, malignant, and sporadic brain tumors. We present the case of a 58-year-old patient with two GBMs in the right frontal lobe and associated edema. The patient presented with sudden left limb weakness accompanied by abnormal gait for five consecutive days. Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRg-LITT), a minimally invasive technique that disperses thermal energy was used to cauterize the deep-seated brain lesions. Following two sessions of MRg-LITT, the patient showed full remission from symptoms. However, the disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) induced vasogenic edema surrounding the necrotic GBMs. Post-operative nine-month MRI images revealed severe vasogenic edema and compression on the ventricles, shifting the midline toward the left side. Therefore the patient underwent an emergency craniectomy and continues to live with close follow-ups. Here, we established that LITT procedures were effective in cauterizing GBMs with no recurrence.
多发性胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)是侵袭性、恶性的散发性脑肿瘤。我们报告了一例58岁患者,其右额叶有两个GBM并伴有水肿。患者连续五天出现突发左下肢无力并伴有异常步态。磁共振引导激光间质热疗(MRg-LITT)是一种分散热能的微创技术,用于烧灼深部脑病变。经过两次MRg-LITT治疗后,患者症状完全缓解。然而,血脑屏障(BBB)的破坏导致坏死性GBM周围出现血管源性水肿。术后九个月的MRI图像显示严重的血管源性水肿和脑室受压,中线向左移位。因此,患者接受了紧急开颅手术,并在密切随访下继续生活。在此,我们确定LITT手术在烧灼GBM方面有效且无复发。