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Published in: Journal of Neurology 4/2012

01-04-2012 | Letter to the Editors

Intracranial spreading of a spinal anaplastic astrocytoma

Authors: Tanja Schlereth, Bao Khang Nguyen-Huu, Harald Müller, Clemens Sommer, Wibke Müller-Forell, Frauke Zipp

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 4/2012

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Dear Sirs,
Table 1
Review of the literature showing cerebral dissemination of spinal tumors
Mallory (1908)
n = 1
Glioma
Greenfield (1934)
n = 1
Medulloepithelioma
Eden (1938)
n = 1
Mixed glioma
O'Connell (1946)
n = 1
Glioblastoma multiforme
Russell (1949)
n = 1
Oligodendroglioma
Russell (1959)
n = 1
Glioblastoma multiforme
Perese (1959)
n = 1
Astrocytoma WHO grade II
Russell (1971)
n = 1
Malignant astrocytoma
Eade (1971)
n = 3
2 Mixed glioma, 1 glioblastoma multiforme
Tashiro (1976)
n = 2
Glioblastoma multiforme
Salazar (1976)
n = 1
Glioblastoma multiforme
Andrews (1978)
n = 1
Glioblastoma multiforme
Simonati (1981)
n = 1
Malignant glioma
Hely (1985)
n = 2
Malignant astrocytoma, astrocytoma WHO grade II
Sarabia (1986)
n = 1
Astrocytoma WHO grade III
Johnson (1987)
n = 1
Astrocytoma WHO grade III
Kendrick (1987)
n = 1
Glioblastoma multiforme
Bell (1988)
n = 3
2 Astrocytoma, 1 ganglioglioma
Cohen (1989)
n = 9
3 Astrocytoma WHO grade III, 6 astrocytoma WHO grade IV
Asano (1990)
n = 2
Glioblastoma multiforme
Umezu (1992)
n = 1
Astrocytoma WHO grade III
Claus (1995)
n = 1
Astrocytoma WHO grade II
Inagawa (1995)
n = 1
Astrocytoma WHO grade II
Yamashita (2001)
n = 1
Anaplastic astrocytoma
Ng (2001)
n = 1
Pilocytic astrocytoma WHO grade II
Peraud (2004)
n = 1
Pilocytic astrocytoma WHO grade II
Abel (2006)
n = 1
Pilocytic astrocytoma WHO grade II
Klase (2007)
n = 1
Astrocytoma WHO grade II
Okazaki (2009)
n = 1
Anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
Ruppert (2010)
n = 1
Anaplastic astrocytoma
Jeong (2010)
n = 1
Anaplastic astrocytoma
This table lists all articles concerning cerebral dissemination of spinal tumors. Altogether, 45 cases could be found in a PubMed research. Fifteen of them (33%) were glioblastoma multiforme, 12 (27%) astrocytoma WHO grade III, and 18 (40%) astrocytoma WHO grade I–II
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Title
Intracranial spreading of a spinal anaplastic astrocytoma
Authors
Tanja Schlereth
Bao Khang Nguyen-Huu
Harald Müller
Clemens Sommer
Wibke Müller-Forell
Frauke Zipp
Publication date
01-04-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of Neurology / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6253-0

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