Introduction Fluorescence guidance with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is a safe and
reliable tool in total gross resection of intracranial tumors, especially malignant
gliomas and cases of metastasis. In the present retrospective study, we have analyzed
5-ALA-induced fluorescence findings in different ce...
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...
Resumen: Los oligodendrogliomas anaplásicos son gliomas infiltrantes grado III de la organización mundial de la salud (OMS). Son tumores poco frecuentes y representan el 5-10% de todas las neoplasias intracraneales primarias. Su incidencia es de 0.3 por 100.000 habitantes por año en Estados Unidos. Co...
OBJECTIVES: To assess the patterns of failure and prognostic factors in Brazilian patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) treated with radiotherapy (RT) and concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ). METHODS: Patients with diagnosed GBM post-resection received postoperative RT. TMZ was administered...
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is a rare central nervous system (CNS) tumor diagnosed primarily in infants and usually portends a poor prognosis. Despite being the most common embryonal tumor in children less than 1 year old, diagnosis is difficult to make based on clinical findings or imaging ...
Breast cancer (BC) is a prevalent disease, and its incidence of brain metastasis (BM) varies
from5 to 30% according to the literature.We present the case of a delayed isolated cerebral
metastasis in a female patient following a period of 16 years after the diagnosis and first
treatment. During this time,...
Introduction: Gliomas are neoplasms with high recurrence and mortality. Due to the difficulty to apply the World Health Organization (2016) classification, developing countries continue to use histological evaluation to diagnose and classify these neoplasms. Objective: To develop a semi-quantitative sca...
El hipertiroidismo es una condición relativamente frecuente con múltiples etiologías. La más común es la enfermedad de Graves, seguida del bocio multinodular y el adenoma tóxico. La asociación entre hipertiroidismo y cáncer es infrecuente en la práctica clínica. Presentamos el caso de un varón...
