Acta Médica Portuguesa (Aug 2002)

Glioblastoma multiforme ... com apresentação multifocal.

  • Gabriela Sousa,
  • Armando Rocha,
  • Teresa Alfaiate,
  • Teresa Carvalho,
  • António Veiga e Moura,
  • Mário Rui Ferreira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.1957
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 4

Abstract

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Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common malignant primary brain tumor in adults (+/- 40% of the Central Nervous System primary tumors). Representing only 2% of all oncologic processes, they are associated with a great deterioration of cerebral functions and a poor prognosis, facts that contribute to their great individual and social impact. The authors report a case of glioblastoma multiforme, with multifocal lesions "ab initio" and show the difficulty to make a correct diagnosis, even with the most modern imagiologic techniques. They also make a brief review of the literature.