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Gliomatosis cerebri physical examination
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Common physical examination findings of gliomatosis cerebri include dysphagia, dysarthria, nystagmus, papilledema, hemiparesis, facial paresthesia, vision loss, ataxia, altered mental status, aphasia, and focal neurological defects (corticospinal tract defects, spinocerebellar tract defects, and cranioneuropathies).
Physical Examination
Physical Examination
Common physical examination findings of gliomatosis cerebri include:[1][2]
HEENT
- Nystagmus
- Ophthalmoscopic exam may be abnormal with findings of papilledema
- Facial paresthesia
- Vision loss
Neurological
- Altered mental status
- Ataxia
- Hemiparesis
- Aphasia
- Dysarthria
- Focal neurological defects
- Corticospinal tract defects
- Spinocerebellar tract defects
- Facial paresthesia suggestive of cranial nerve VII deficit
References
References
- ↑ Buis DR, van der Valk P, De Witt Hamer PC (2012). “Subcutaneous tumor seeding after biopsy in gliomatosis cerebri”. J Neurooncol. 106 (2): 431–5. doi:10.1007/s11060-011-0678-2. PMC 3230756. PMID 21837541.
- ↑ Rajz GG, Nass D, Talianski E, Pfeffer R, Spiegelmann R, Cohen ZR (2012). “Presentation patterns and outcome of gliomatosis cerebri”. Oncol Lett. 3 (1): 209–213. doi:10.3892/ol.2011.445. PMC 3362440. PMID 22740882.
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