Brain Cancer
Anaplastic brainstem oligodendroglioma associated with allelic loss
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 18th, 2005
According to a study from Germany, "We report the case of a 9-year-old boy clinically presenting with severe headache, vomiting, head retroflexion, nystagmus, and ataxia. Magnetic resonance imaging showed brainstem enlargement leading to the diagnosis of an inflammatory process."
"In addition, the clinical picture, a monocytic cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis with elevated protein and lactate and serum IgM antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae favored this diagnosis. Subsequently, corticosteroid...
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