Cystic Glioblastoma: A Mimicker of Infection? A Case Report and Literature Review
Table 1
Literature search in PubMed using the following keywords: “cystic glioblastoma”, “differential diagnosis of cystic glioblastoma”, “presentation of cystic glioblastoma”, and “treatment of cystic glioblastoma”.
Article title
Age (in years) and sex of patient
Initial symptoms
Presentation on imaging
Procedure
Treatment
Ref. no.
“Cystic Glioblastoma Rupturing into the Ventricle” PMID: 31938681
77 males
Disorientation and left facial weakness.
A neoplastic lesion with a large cystic structure at his right frontal lobe.
Surgical resection on day 10
TMZ maintenance. Recurrence treated with gamma knife. Bevacizumab was added to the TMZ maintenance.
Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) along with 3 cycles of chemotherapy including nimustine (ACNU) and cisplatin given for 3 days and additionally 4 cycles of temozolomide given for 5 days every 1 month.