J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2001 Jul;30(7):925-927.

Primary Multiple Brain Tumors: Case Report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Department of Neurological Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea.
  • 3Department of Pathology, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea.

Abstract

Multiple intracranial tumors of different cell types are rare. We report a case of double primary intracranial tumors of different histologic types: oligodendroglioma, and pituitary adenoma. Von Recklinghausen's disease or other etiologic factors supposedly associated with multiple brain tumors were not recognized in this 36-year-old male patient.

Keyword

Multiple; Primary; Bain tumors

MeSH Terms

Adult
Brain Neoplasms*
Brain*
Humans
Male
Neurofibromatosis 1
Oligodendroglioma
Pituitary Neoplasms
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