Post-Treatment Gliosarcoma Extension into the Pterygomaxillary Fossa: Literature Review and Case Report

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2016 Oct 5

PMID 27699141

Citations 1

Authors

Alexander Mason

Alan T Villavicencio

Ewell L Nelson

Robert C Forsythe

Sigita Burneikiene

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Abstract

Only four primary gliosarcoma case reports are described in the literature with transcranial (intradural to extradural) penetration into the region of the infratemporal fossa. This is the first report of a primary glioblastoma (GBM) that evolved into secondary or post-treatment gliosarcoma without evidence of a second tumor and with extension into the left pterygomaxillary fossa.

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