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Oligodendroglioma metastatic to bone
marrow
Al-Ali
F, Hendon
AJ, Liepman
MK, Wisniewski
JL, Krinock
MJ, Beckman
K
Neurointerventional and Diagnostic Services, Borgess Medical Center,
Kalamazoo, MI 49048, USA.
We report on a patient with oligodendroglioma metastatic to bone, presenting
with pancytopenia and fever 10 years after initial tumor resection.
Our
review of the literature showed a total of 30 reported extraneural
metastases, with only 19 of these being similar cases of bone metastases.
These bony lesions have increased signal intensity in T2-weighted and low
signal intensity on T1-weighted images, with intense homogeneous
enhancement.
However, on MR imaging, we were unable to find necrosis or
compression deformity of the vertebrae, despite extensive metastatic
disease.
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