@article{10.11648/j.cnn.20220603.12,
  author = {Dore Male and Barry Souleymane Djigue and Conde Kaba and Toure Mohamed Lamine and Conde Mohamed Lamine and Igue Kadija and Bogon Victor and Diawara Karinka and Doumbouya Idrissa and Camara Idrissa and Camara Mohamed Salif and Camara Mamady and Bangoura Asmaou and Sidibe Gnouma and Gouled Houssein and Cisse Fode Abass},
  title = {Epilepsy Revealing a Infiltrating Glioma of the Brainstem: A Case Report and Review of the Literature},
  journal = {Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience},
  volume = {6},
  number = {3},
  pages = {41-44},
  doi = {10.11648/j.cnn.20220603.12},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.cnn.20220603.12},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.cnn.20220603.12},
  abstract = {Introduction: Invasive brainstem glioma (IBG) is a rare, very aggressive pontine glial tumour. It remains one of the most devastating diagnoses among childhood cancers. We report the observation of an infiltrating brainstem glioma. Observation: This is a 7-year-old girl, with no notable medical and surgical history, who presented in a rapidly progressive context, headaches, vomiting, weakness of the left hemibody, aphasia, tonic-clonic seizures, neurological examination had as particularity, a pyramidal syndrome, a syndrome of intracranial hypertension, and a syndrome of cortical irritation, on the biology one noted a hypercalcemia, encephalic MRI revealed a hyper signal in T2 at the expense of the brainstem, she received corticosteroid therapy, followed by antiepileptic treatment. Evolution resulted in the death of the patient 3 months after the diagnosis. Discussion: Invasive brainstem glioma accounts for about 15% of pediatric brain tumors, presumed diagnosis of invasive brainstem glioma has been progressively made based on clinical and radiological aspects only. For lesions with typical clinical presentation and imaging. Surgery and radiotherapy currently remains the standard treatment, Conclusion: The management of infiltrating gliomas of the brainstem remains delicate, and the prognosis always remains gloomy, our study is an illustrative case, it is one of the very first case of brainstem gliomas described in children in the republic of guinea. Large-scale studies would be necessary to determine the prevalence of the pathology on a national level.},
 year = {2022}
}

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TY  - JOUR
T1  - Epilepsy Revealing a Infiltrating Glioma of the Brainstem: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
AU  - Dore Male
AU  - Barry Souleymane Djigue
AU  - Conde Kaba
AU  - Toure Mohamed Lamine
AU  - Conde Mohamed Lamine
AU  - Igue Kadija
AU  - Bogon Victor
AU  - Diawara Karinka
AU  - Doumbouya Idrissa
AU  - Camara Idrissa
AU  - Camara Mohamed Salif
AU  - Camara Mamady
AU  - Bangoura Asmaou
AU  - Sidibe Gnouma
AU  - Gouled Houssein
AU  - Cisse Fode Abass
Y1  - 2022/07/28
PY  - 2022
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.cnn.20220603.12
DO  - 10.11648/j.cnn.20220603.12
T2  - Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience
JF  - Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience
JO  - Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience
SP  - 41
EP  - 44
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2578-8930
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.cnn.20220603.12
AB  - Introduction: Invasive brainstem glioma (IBG) is a rare, very aggressive pontine glial tumour. It remains one of the most devastating diagnoses among childhood cancers. We report the observation of an infiltrating brainstem glioma. Observation: This is a 7-year-old girl, with no notable medical and surgical history, who presented in a rapidly progressive context, headaches, vomiting, weakness of the left hemibody, aphasia, tonic-clonic seizures, neurological examination had as particularity, a pyramidal syndrome, a syndrome of intracranial hypertension, and a syndrome of cortical irritation, on the biology one noted a hypercalcemia, encephalic MRI revealed a hyper signal in T2 at the expense of the brainstem, she received corticosteroid therapy, followed by antiepileptic treatment. Evolution resulted in the death of the patient 3 months after the diagnosis. Discussion: Invasive brainstem glioma accounts for about 15% of pediatric brain tumors, presumed diagnosis of invasive brainstem glioma has been progressively made based on clinical and radiological aspects only. For lesions with typical clinical presentation and imaging. Surgery and radiotherapy currently remains the standard treatment, Conclusion: The management of infiltrating gliomas of the brainstem remains delicate, and the prognosis always remains gloomy, our study is an illustrative case, it is one of the very first case of brainstem gliomas described in children in the republic of guinea. Large-scale studies would be necessary to determine the prevalence of the pathology on a national level.
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
ER  - 

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