A DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS OF GLIOMATOSIS CEREBRI

Gliomatosis cerebri, a rare condition? requires clinical, radiological and pathological correlation for diagnosis. Mental and personality ch anges are the most common presenting symptoms with or without Focal ne urological signs. The widespread nature of the disease is revealed by CT or MRI. The shape of the brain may be: maintained and pathological gross examination may be unremarkable or show hypertrophy without evid ent tumour. Microscopic examination reveals infiltration of the brain by variably differentiated neoplastic glial cells. We present a patien t with gliomatosis cerebri in whom we experienced difficulties with di agnosis. The literature is reviewed and the diagnostic features summar ised.