J Korean Neurol Assoc.
2003 Oct;21(5):543-547.
A Case of Anaplastic Astrocytoma Presented with Symptoms of the Brain and Spinal Cord as a First Manifestation
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- 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Korea.
- 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Korea. ha310@dreamwiz.com
Abstract
- A 34-year-old woman complained of left facial palsy and numbness on the left thigh that began two weeks prior with headaches. Brain MRI revealed ill-defined patchy T2 weighted high signal intensities in the right medial temporal lobe and thalamus without contrast enhancement. Ten days later, when she complained of sensory symptoms below the 7th thoracic cord, we found an enhancing lesion in the lower cervical cord on the MRI. The result from the brain biopsy was consistent with anaplastic astrocytoma.
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