Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 23, 2025
06:04
Author Spotlight: Studying Clinical Characters and Epilepsy Outcomes After Frontal Disconnection in Patients with MOGHE
Published on: August 16, 2024
990
Multifocal oligodendroglioma with callosal and brainstem involvement
Fatima Mubarak1, Kumail Khandwala1, Shahzad M Shamim2
1Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Surgical Neurology International
|November 3, 2022
Summary
This case report details a rare diffuse multifocal oligodendroglioma with extensive brainstem and callosal involvement. Such aggressive oligodendroglioma presentations are associated with poor neurological outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Neuro-oncology
- Neurosurgery
- Neuropathology
Background:
- Oligodendrogliomas are typically low-grade glial neoplasms.
- They often occur in cortical/subcortical locations and may contain calcifications.
- Tumors with 1p and 19q codeletions exhibit atypical features like ill-defined margins and calcification.
