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Glioblastoma multiforme mimicking frontotemporal dementia: A case report

Published:2024-01-30 Issue:1 Volume:15 Page:12-16
ISSN:0976-3198
Container-title:International Journal of Case Reports and Images
language:en
Short-container-title:Int J Case Rep Images

Author:

Orsini Marco¹,de Freitas Marcos RG²,Cezar Vieira Paulo¹,Melo Reis Carlos Henrique³,Vieira Gabriela¹,da Silva Catharino Antônio Marcos³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medicine, Iguaçu University - UNIG - RJ, Brazil

2. Department of Neurology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ - RJ, Brazil

3. Iguaçu University - UNIG - Department of Neurology of Hospital Geral de Nova Iguaçu - RJ, Brazil

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor in adults. In this case a 57-year-old male patient had cognitive decline, visual dysfunction, and memory loss. He is not able to interact during the medical consultation. The brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) showed an infiltrative and expansive lesion compressing the third ventricle and extending to midbrain to the left. The anatomopathological report concluded the diagnosis of Grade IV glioblastoma and the patient will undergo to surgical intervention.

Publisher

Edorium Journals Pvt. Ltd.

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