Glioma and multiple sclerosis: case report

We report a case of a 44-years-old woman with relapsing-remitting and secondarily progressive form of multiple sclerosis (MS) since aged 24 years, who developed an anaplastic astrocytoma. The neurological manifestations of the tumor were misinterpreted as resulting from MS. Sequential MRI examinatio...

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Main Authors: Lineu Cesar Werneck, Rosana Herminia Scola, Walter Oleschko Arruda, Luiz Fernando Bleggi Torres
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2002-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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author Lineu Cesar Werneck
Rosana Herminia Scola
Walter Oleschko Arruda
Luiz Fernando Bleggi Torres
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description We report a case of a 44-years-old woman with relapsing-remitting and secondarily progressive form of multiple sclerosis (MS) since aged 24 years, who developed an anaplastic astrocytoma. The neurological manifestations of the tumor were misinterpreted as resulting from MS. Sequential MRI examination and seizures raised the possibility of another nature of her symptoms, besides MS. Her initial good response to high doses corticosteroids led to the initial assumption her symptoms were only exclusively due to the demyelinating process. She underwent craniotomy with radical excision of the lesion. Pathological examination disclosed anaplastic astrocytoma. Other cases of coincidental MS and primary CNS tumors are reviewed, as well as their possible relation.
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spelling doaj-art-281b0b2c41a446648f1f0f97dd2e1d5e2025-08-20T03:54:42ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272002-06-01602B46947410.1590/S0004-282X2002000300024Glioma and multiple sclerosis: case reportLineu Cesar Werneck0Rosana Herminia Scola1Walter Oleschko Arruda2Luiz Fernando Bleggi Torres3Universidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáWe report a case of a 44-years-old woman with relapsing-remitting and secondarily progressive form of multiple sclerosis (MS) since aged 24 years, who developed an anaplastic astrocytoma. The neurological manifestations of the tumor were misinterpreted as resulting from MS. Sequential MRI examination and seizures raised the possibility of another nature of her symptoms, besides MS. Her initial good response to high doses corticosteroids led to the initial assumption her symptoms were only exclusively due to the demyelinating process. She underwent craniotomy with radical excision of the lesion. Pathological examination disclosed anaplastic astrocytoma. Other cases of coincidental MS and primary CNS tumors are reviewed, as well as their possible relation.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2002000300024&tlng=enmultiple sclerosisanaplastic astrocytomacerebral neoplasm
spellingShingle Lineu Cesar Werneck
Rosana Herminia Scola
Walter Oleschko Arruda
Luiz Fernando Bleggi Torres
Glioma and multiple sclerosis: case report
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
multiple sclerosis
anaplastic astrocytoma
cerebral neoplasm
title Glioma and multiple sclerosis: case report
title_full Glioma and multiple sclerosis: case report
title_fullStr Glioma and multiple sclerosis: case report
title_full_unstemmed Glioma and multiple sclerosis: case report
title_short Glioma and multiple sclerosis: case report
title_sort glioma and multiple sclerosis case report
topic multiple sclerosis
anaplastic astrocytoma
cerebral neoplasm
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2002000300024&tlng=en
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