Parotid gland metastasis from glioblastoma multiforme : a case report and review of the literature

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_57AD7E67289F
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Parotid gland metastasis from glioblastoma multiforme : a case report and review of the literature
Journal
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Author(s)
Kraft M., Lang F., Braunschweig R., Janzer R.C.
ISSN
0937-4477
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2007
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
265
Number
6
Pages
709-711
Language
english
Abstract
We describe a rare case of glioblastoma multiforme with extracranial metastasis to the right parotid gland. A 58-year-old man presented with a parotid tumor and facial paralysis 15 months after craniotomy and partial lobectomy for glioblastoma multiforme of the right temporal lobe. Diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasound guided core-needle biopsy. By this means, a second hospitalization with open surgical biopsy of the parotid gland under general anesthesia for diagnosis only was avoided in this obviously palliative situation. The possible mechanisms of metastasic spread in this highly aggressive tumor and its diagnostic investigation are discussed and compared with the literature.
Keywords
Anesthesia/Biopsy/Craniotomy/diagnosis/Glioblastoma/Head/Neck/surgery/Switzerland/Temporal Lobe
Pubmed
Web of science
Create date
29/01/2008 18:36
Last modification date
20/08/2019 14:11
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