Bilateral Thalamic Glioma –A Rare Tumour

Authors

  • Vivek Rauniyar
  • Bing Qin
  • Huan Yang Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v3i1.10059

Keywords:

Thalamic glioma, stereotactic biopsy, fibrillary astrocytoma

Abstract

We report a case of 48-year old woman who presented with dementia, progressive mental decline, personality change, paresis of the right lower extremity, and gait ataxia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T1-weighted image revealed bilateral thalamic swelling with homogenous low signal intensity and mild contrast enhancement with gadolinium. The T2- weighted image showed high intensity lesions in the bilateral thalamus, septum pellucidum and fornix. A CT-guided stereotactic biopsy of the lesion revealed fibrillary astrocytoma grade III as per WHO classification. Bilateral thalamic gliomas are very rare tumours and when present may resemble other benign diseases having similar clinical presentations

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v3i1.10059  

Journal of Nobel Medical College Vol.3(1) 2014; 71-73

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Published

2014-03-13

How to Cite

Rauniyar, V., Qin, B., & Yang, H. (2014). Bilateral Thalamic Glioma –A Rare Tumour. Journal of Nobel Medical College, 3(1), 71–73. https://doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v3i1.10059

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Case Reports