Pediatric gliomatosis cerebri mimicking acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Richard, Hope T ^a   Harrison, Jason F ^a   Abel, Ty W ^b   Maertens, Paul ^c   Martino, Anthony M ^a   Sosnowski, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disseminating encephalomyelitis; ADEM; Astrocytoma; Gliomatosis cerebri; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GLIOMATOSIS CEREBRI; GLIOSIS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GRAY MATTER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL;

EID: 77955507848     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2303     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Fuller GN, Kros, JM. WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. 4th ed. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2007
2. Armstrong GT, Phillips PC, Rorke-Adams LB, Judkins AR, Localio AR, Fisher MJ. Gliomatosis cerebri: 20 years of experience at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Cancer. 2006;107(7):1597-1606 (Pubitemid 44546921)
3. Perkins GH, Schomer DF, Fuller GN, Allen PK, Maor MH. Gliomatosis cerebri: improved outcome with radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003;56(4):1137-1146
4. Benjelloun A, Delavelle J, Lazeyras F, Dietrich PY. Possible efficacy of temozolomide in a patient with gliomatosis cerebri. Neurology. 2001;57(10):1932-1933 (Pubitemid 33096719)
5. Murthy SN, Faden HS, Cohen ME, Bakshi R. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children. Pediatrics. 2002;110(2 pt 1). Available at: www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/110/2/e21
6. Shahar E, Andraus J, Savitzki D, Pilar G, Zelnik N. Outcome of severe encephalomyelitis in children: effect of high-dose methylprednisolone and immunoglobulins. J Child Neurol. 2002;17(11):810-814
7. Dale RC, de Sousa C, Chong WK, Cox TC, Harding B, Neville BG. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, multiphasic disseminated encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis in children. Brain. 2000;123(pt 12):2407-2422
8. Kim DG, Yang HJ, Park IA, et al. Gliomatosis cerebri: clinical features, treatment, and prognosis. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1998; 140(8):755-762 (Pubitemid 28419957)
9. Ponce P, Alvarez-Santullano MV, Otermin E, Santana MA, Garcia Ludena MV. Gliomatosis cerebri: findings with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Eur J Radiol. 1998;28(3):226-229
10. Hynson JL, Kornberg AJ, Coleman LT, Shield L, Harvey AS, Kean MJ. Clinical and neuroradiologic features of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children. Neurology. 2001;56(10):1308-1312 (Pubitemid 32455289)
11. Artigas J, Cervos-Navarro J, Iglesias JR, Ebhardt G. Gliomatosis cerebri: clinical and histological findings. Clin Neuropathol. 1985;4(4):135-148 (Pubitemid 15236018)