Author:
Kanemitsu Takuya,Furuse Motomasa,Kuwabara Hiroko,Yagi Ryokichi,Hiramatsu Ryo,Kameda Masahiro,Nonoguchi Naosuke,Kawabata Shinji,Takami Toshihiro,Arai Motohiro,Wanibuchi Masahiko
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Glioblastoma usually recurs locally and extracranial metastases are rare. Most patients with extracranial metastases experience recurrence of the primary intracranial tumor. Lymph node metastases are often detected based on lymphadenopathy or symptoms caused by other metastatic sites.
Case presentation
Herein, we report a case of glioblastoma with lymph node metastasis in which the patient was asymptomatic but exhibited gradually increasing C-reactive protein levels prior to becoming febrile 9 months after the initial C-reactive protein increase. Diagnosis of lymph node metastasis that was delayed because the patient had a fever of unknown origin, no signs of infection, and the primary intracranial tumor did not recur. Chest computed tomography indicated supraclavicular, mediastinal, and hilar lymphadenopathy, and biopsy identified lymph node metastasis of glioblastoma. This is the fifth reported case of lymph node metastasis without intracranial recurrence.
Conclusions
C-reactive protein levels may be a diagnostic marker for lymph node metastasis in patients with glioblastoma. Further evaluation is needed to elucidate the role of CRP in glioblastoma with lymph node metastasis.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Neurology (clinical),General Medicine
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