%0 Journal Article
%T Tectal glioblastoma
%A Chaddad Neto
%A Feres
%A Lopes
%A Armando
%A Alberto Filho
%A Mario
%A Catanoce
%A Aguinaldo
%A Joaquim
%A Andrei Fernandes
%A Oliveira
%A Evandro de
%J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
%D 2007
%I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
%R 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000600015
%X brain stem gliomas are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms arising mostly in paediatric patients. tectal plate gliomas represent a particular type of brain stem tumours usually with a benign, indolent clinical course, presenting with signs of raised intracranial hipertension due to supra-tentorialhydrocephalous caused by aqueductal stenosis. seldom high-grade lesions arise in this location with tremendous therapeutic implications. when a malignant tumour is clinically and radiographically suspected a biopsy should be performed to obtain histhological confirmation. treatment is then planned in a case-by-case basis. we present the case of a glioblastoma of the tectal plate in a 22 years-old woman operated upon by a supracerebellar-infratentorial approach.
%K brain stem
%K tectal plate glioma
%K glioblastoma.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X2007000600015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en