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      Leptomeninges as a site of relapse in locally controlled, diffuse pontine glioma with review of literature.

      Child's Nervous System
      Brain Stem Neoplasms, pathology, radiotherapy, Fatal Outcome, Glioma, secondary, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Meningeal Neoplasms, Spinal Cord Neoplasms

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          Leptomeningeal involvement in diffuse intrinsic brain stem gliomas is rarely diagnosed clinically and in majority of the instances diagnosed only on postmortem examination. We report two cases of diffuse pontine glioma diagnosed clinicoradiologically and treated with conventional radiotherapy. On follow-up, both patients showed clinical features suggestive of meningeal spread although imaging for pontine tumor showed stable disease. Leptomeningeal disease in the spine was confirmed on imaging and in one case by cerebrospinal fluid examination also. During the follow-up of patients with pontine glioma, the possibility of leptomeningeal involvement must be borne in mind.

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          16983574
          10.1007/s00381-006-0168-6

          Chemistry
          Brain Stem Neoplasms,pathology,radiotherapy,Fatal Outcome,Glioma,secondary,Humans,Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Male,Meningeal Neoplasms,Spinal Cord Neoplasms

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