Introdução: A incidência de neoplasias que acometem o Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC) tem aumentado gradativamente no mundo. No Brasil, as neoplasias encefálicas primárias são classificadas como a sétima causa de morte entre as neoplasias malignas. O objetivo do presente estudo foi caracterizar o pe...
Resection of tumoral lesions anatomically related to motor, sensitive and language areas of the brain, have the main goal of sparing those areas. For that purpose, Neurosurgery on awake patients helps in reducing the size of growing brain tumors in a safe manner, which leads to extending and improving qu...
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most frequent and most aggressive primary
brain tumor in adults,mainly located in the cerebral hemispheres. In the literature, few
cases of primary GBM have been reported to have radiographic and intraoperative
features of extra-axial lesions, leading to a diagnostic ...
Introducción. El xantoastrocitoma pleomórfico es una lesión glial de bajo grado de malignidad (grado II), puede presentar transformación maligna progresando a xantoastrocitoma pleomórfico anaplásico o glioblastoma multiforme, clasificados en grado III y IV, respectivamente, de acuerdo con la OMS. E...
Abstract Glomus tumors are rare benign neoplasms arising from the neuromyoarterial structure called glomus body. They present as angiomatous papules, soft and painful, especially to cold and pressure. In general, they are solitary and affect the extremities, located mainly the subungual bed. Extradigital...
Introducción: El glioblastoma multiforme es el tumor cerebral primario más frecuente y agresivo en adultos, representa cerca de 25 por ciento de los tumores intracraneales. Las principales manifestaciones clínicas están dadas por cefalea, convulsiones, cambios de conducta y un síndrome focal más de...
RESUMEN Introducción: las metástasis cerebrales constituyen una manifestación única y diferenciada en el cáncer diseminado. En Cuba, su incremento entre las principales causas de muerte constituye un problema de salud. Objetivo: caracterizar clínica, epidemiológica e imagenológicamente los pacien...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected a large number of patients in all countries,
overwhelming healthcare systems worldwide. In this scenario, surgical procedures
became restricted, causing unacceptable delays in the treatment of certain pathologies,
such as glioblastoma. Regarding this tumor with high mor...
