Turkish Neurosurgery 2008 , Vol 18 , Num 3
Unusual Massive Spinal Metastasis of an Intracranial Oligodendroglioma
Pınar AKDEMİR ÖZIŞIK1, İlkay IŞIKAY2, Hakan ORUÇKAPTAN3, Figen SÖYLEMEZOĞLU4, Osman Ekin ÖZCAN5
1,3,5 Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkiye
4 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkiye
Herein, we present a case of anaplastic oligodendroglioma with massive spinal metastasis in the first post-operative year without any residual tumor or recurrence in the primary tumor site. Along with the reported literature, our case highlights the importance of periodic radiological evaluation of the spinal canal including the pre- and post-treatment period, in patients with intracerebral oligodendroglioma. Keywords : Spinal seeding, Spinal metastasis, Oligodendroglioma, Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
Corresponding author : Pınar Akdemir Özışık, kozisik@hotmail.com