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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2024; 13(03): 271-275
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1744246
Short Communication

Unexpected Prolonged Survival in a Case of Cerebellar GBM: An Interesting Case with Literature Review

Maruti Nandan 
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Ashish Patnaik
2   Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
,
Rabi Narayan Sahu
2   Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
,
Priyadarshi Dikshit
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Ved P. Maurya 
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Kuntal K. Das
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Raj Kumar
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) of cerebellar hemisphere is a rare entity and constitutes less than 1% of all the GBMs. The rarity of occurrence leads to significant challenge in differentiating morphologically from other subtypes of glioma in the posterior fossa. Previous studies have suggested that cerebellar GBM occurs in the younger age group as compared with the supratentorial counterpart.

Here, we report a case of cerebellar GBM in a young adult and discuss the pathogenesis including radiological and pathological aspects involved in the treatment of cerebellar GBM.

Keywords

glioblastoma - cerebellum - radiotherapy - metastatic


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Article published online:
11 October 2022

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