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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 836 |
Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Glioblastoma Multiformae
Jaskaran Singh1, Jasleen Kaur2
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Columbia Asia Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India
2 Department of Pathology, Columbia Asia Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India
| Date of Submission | 05-Jul-2021 |
| Date of Decision | 28-Jul-2021 |
| Date of Acceptance | 08-Sep-2021 |
| Date of Web Publication | 3-May-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Jaskaran Singh
Department of Neurosurgery, Columbia Asia Hospital, Patiala, Punjab - 147 001
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.344663
How to cite this article:
Singh J, Kaur J. Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Glioblastoma Multiformae. Neurol India 2022;70:836 |
Metastasis in cases of glioblastoma multiforme are extremely rare, having an incidence of 0.2%−2% in the literature.[1],[2] These are generally seen post-surgery or when there is a breach of the blood − brain barrier due to local extradural spread. The possible mechanism of metastasis suggested are lymphatic spread, venous invasion, and direct invasion through dura and bone.[1],[2],[3],[4] Most common sites of metastasis are lungs/pleura, lymph nodes, bones, and liver.[1],[2] Here we present a case of a 45-year-old female patient who was operated for recurrent left temporal glioma (first biopsy was low-grade glioma WHO grade 2, operated 1.5 years back). The histopathology was consistent with GBM (WHO grade 4). Immunohistochemistry revealed GFAP positive, IDH-1 mutant with 40% Ki-67 index. After the second surgery, she received chemo-radiotherapy but developed a neck swelling six months after the second surgery (while on tocilizumab). MRI [Figure 1] showed a T1 hypointense, T2 hyperintense neck tumor with heterogeneous contrast enhancement. | Figure 1: (a) Sagittal section of contrast MRI with blue arrow pointing to the primary resection site having peripheral enhancement (? Recurrent lesion), red arrow showing a separate mass in the posterior triangle of neck having heterogeneous contrast enhancement. (b) FNAC of neck mass which revealed highly pleomorphic malignant cells with high nuclear: Cytoplasmic ratio in a background of fibrillary processes and lymphocytes (40× magnification, H&E stain) consistent with lymph node metastasis of glioblastoma multiforme
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