Malignant glioblastomatous transformation of a low-grade glioma in a child

ÜNAL E., KÖKSAL Y., ÇİMEN Ö., PAKSOY Y., TAVLI L.

CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM, vol.24, no.12, pp.1385-1389, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00381-008-0716-3
  • Journal Name: CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1385-1389
  • Keywords: Children, Low-grade glioma, Malignant transformation, Observation without surgery, Surgical resection, GANGLIOGLIOMA, ADULTS, OLIGODENDROGLIOMA, ASTROCYTOMA, RECURRENCE, PATHOLOGY, UPDATE
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The term of low-grade glioma addresses a favorable clinical outcome with indolent histological features in general consideration; however, recent studies underline the inconsistency, which originates from the accumulation of different histologic subtypes in this terminology. The malignant transformation of a low-grade glioma is unusual but presents a poor prognosis.