Turkish Neurosurgery
1994 , Vol 4 , Num 3
EXTRANEURAL METASTASIS OF GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME CASE REPORT
1Department of Neurosurgery, Gülhane Medical school Ankara Turkey2Department of Radiotherapy, Gülhane Medical school Ankara Turkey
3Department of Pathology, Gülhane Medical school Ankara Turkey The case of a 26-year-old man with extraneural metastasis from intracranial glioblastoma multiforme is presented. The patient was operated on three times in five years. After the second operation, metastasis occurred direct to the cranium and to the dura mater and remote metastasis to the left cervieal region. We discuss the incidence, treatment and outcome with a review of the literature. Keywords : Extraneural metastasis, Glioblastoma multiforme