J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 21(5); 2003 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2003;21(5): 543-547.

뇌와 척수 증상이 동시에 발현된 역형성 별세포종 1예

하삼열 , 신동선 윤영철 권오상 이태진

중앙대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실, 해부병리학교실

"A Case of Anaplastic Astrocytoma Presented with Symptoms of the Brain and Spinal Cord as a First Manifestation"

Sam-Yeol Ha

"Department of Neurology and Pathology*, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University"

Abstract

"A 34-year-old woman complained of left facial palsy and numbness on the left thigh that began two weeks prior with headaches. Brain MRI revealed ill-defined patchy T2 weighted high signal intensities in the right medial temporal lobe and thalamus without contrast enhancement. Ten days later, when she complained of sensory symptoms below the 7th thoracic cord, we found an enhancing lesion in the lower cervical cord on the MRI. The result from the brain biopsy was consistent with anaplastic astrocytoma.Key Words: Anaplastic astrocytoma, Brain, Spinal cord"