Gliosarcoma: A rare primary CNS tumor. Presentation of two cases

✍ Scribed by José Pardo; Mauricio Murcia; Felip García; Arnaldo Alvarado

• Publisher: Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: Polish
• Weight: 621 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1507-1367
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2010.05.003

✦ Synopsis

Introduction:

Gliosarcoma is a very rare primary mixed tumor in the central nervous system, with a biphasic pattern consisting of glial and malignant mesenchymal elements. its onset is between the fourth and sixth decade of life, and it has a male/female ratio of 1.8/1. here we present two cases of gliosarcoma treated in our department.

Discussion:

The monoclonal or biclonal origin of its biphasic nature is still subject to debate; hence the importance of its diagnosis and histogenesis.

Results:

Standard treatment consists in surgical resection of the tumor followed in some cases by external radiotherapy and chemotherapy.