Professional paper

OLIGODENDROGLIOMA MIMICKING POST-TRAUMATIC SYNDROME

Mario Božac
Darko Ekl
Dragan Trivanović
Damir Miletić
Marin Stančić
Ksenija Lučin

Abstract

A 44 year old man suffered an explosive neck injury and blunt head trauma in the war. Head CT scan showed a hypodensity of the left parieto-temporo-occipital area, which did enhance following contrast administration. During following 6 years, the patient was treated for post-traumatic stress disorder until admission to the hospital in an epileptic status. In the repeated neurological investigation, oligodendroglioma was diagnosed. Reevaluation of the first CT scan showed oligodendroglioma. The chance for early diagnosis was missed because the symptoms and imaging findings were ascribed to post-traumatic changes.

Keywords

Epilepsy; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Oligodendroglioma; Wounds and Injuries; X-Ray Computed Tomography

Hrčak ID:

7609

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/7609

Publication date:

15.12.2004.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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