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fossa, and then MRI confirmed a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (a typical brainstem glioma). Following initiation of ... Diagnosis : DIFFUSE INTRA-AXIAL EXPANSIVE LESION OF THE ENCEPHALIC TRUNK NOT SURGICALLY INVESTIGATED. ... tumor at the brainstem/posterior fossa, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, typical brainstem glioma, vasogenic edema, hydrocephalus, ...
and brain NMR. On NMR was detected a periventricular lesion of about 1.2 cm, without mass effect. This lesion was probably ... sequences, ascribable to wider perivascular spaces. The pontine emergence of the trigeminal nerves and the acoustic-facial ...
documented. Spinal MRI showed a new and contrast enhancing lesion. questions: ... of plates and owing to recent enhancement evidence of pontine plate consistent with the finding of positive CSF due to the ...
documented. Spinal MRI showed a new and contrast enhancing lesion. questions: ... of plates and owing to recent enhancement evidence of pontine plate consistent with the finding of positive CSF due to the ...
diagnosed with diffused intra-axial brainstem expansive lesion. He underwent radiation therapy but his physical condition is worrisome. ... in the treatment of newly diagnosed, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Indeed, Stanford University has been invited to ...
used, it seems that the appearance of a punctiform focal lesion , in correspondence to the left frontal subcortical white matter, is ... two limited focal lesions , located , respectively, in pontine and right paramedian field of the medulla oblongata, are more ...
of ischemic or hemorrhagic cerebellar disease, nor a mass lesion within the cerebellum. I see no history of toxic exposures in the ... in the brainstem, and whereas one expects to see prominent pontine atrophy in MSA-c, this may not be present in the first few years of the ...