Extracranial metastases in secondary glioblastoma multiforme: a case report.

Jessica RossiLucia GiaccheriniFrancesco CavallieriManuela NapoliClaudio MorattiElisabetta FroioSilvia SerraAlessandro FraternaliReza GhadirpourSalvatore CozziPatrizia CiammellaCorrado IaccarinoRosario PascarellaFranco ValzaniaAnna Pisanello

Published in: BMC neurology (2020)

Our case highlights that grade II Astrocytoma may evolve to a GBM and rarely lead to a secondary metastatic diffusion, which can progress quite rapidly; any symptoms referable to a possible systemic involvement should be carefully investigated.

Keyphrases

squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
internal carotid artery
atomic force microscopy
mass spectrometry
high resolution