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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2019; 14(03): 938-942
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_97_19
Case Report

Collision occurrence of meningioma and astrocytoma: A case report and literature review

Van Truong
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Hue University Hospital, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, Hue City, Vietnam
2   Division of Orthopedics, Central Hospital of University of Montreal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
,
Duc Tran
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Hue University Hospital, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, Hue City, Vietnam
3   Department of Neurosurgery, Xuyen A Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City
,
Cong Dang
4   Department of Pathology, Hue University Hospital, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, Hue City
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A case of collision tumors occurring between two distinct primary brain tumors is reported. A 61-year-old female without history of radiotherapy or phakomatosis presented with progressive ly increasing headache and left hemiparesis. Investigation revealed a meningioma and a Grade II astrocytoma in the right frontal lobe. Simultaneous development of a meningioma and a low-grade glioma at adjacent sites is extremely rare. This is the third case reported in the literature. Some hypotheses are proposed to explain this phenomenon but most likely represent a coincidental event.

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Collision tumors - glioma - meningioma

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09 September 2022

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