Bilateral thalamic astrocytoma

J Neurooncol. 2007 Sep;84(2):175-7. doi: 10.1007/s11060-007-9404-5. Epub 2007 May 24.

Abstract

We present a 68-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of frontotemporal dementia. Brain MRI revealed tumor mass in both thalami and according to WHO classification, the tumor corresponded to diffuse fibrillary astrocytoma grade II. This case points to the role of neuroimaging in patients presenting with classical symptoms of dementia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology
  • Astrocytoma / complications
  • Astrocytoma / pathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Dementia / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Thalamus / pathology*