TY - JOUR
T1 - Glioblastoma in multiple sclerosis: a case report
AU - Frisullo, Giovanni
AU - Patanella, Agata Katia
AU - Nociti, Viviana
AU - Cianfoni, Alessandro
AU - Iorio, Raffaele
AU - Bianco, Assunta
AU - Marti, Alessandro
AU - Tonali, Pietro Attilio
AU - Batocchi, Anna Paola
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Cerebral tumor and multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses can show overlapping clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features. In a previous study we observed in relapsing MS patients increased T-bet, pSTAT1, and pSTAT3 expressions in circulating mononuclear cells. During the data analysis we observed that T-bet, pSTAT1, and pSTAT3 expression was not increased in circulating mononuclear cells from a relapsing-remitting (RR)MS patient with recent onset of new neurological signs due to glioblastoma multiforme. In conclusion, our patient represents an exemplary case which suggests that T-bet, pSTAT1, and pSTAT3 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) might be useful to differentiate MS relapses from other noninflammatory diseases.
AB - Cerebral tumor and multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses can show overlapping clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features. In a previous study we observed in relapsing MS patients increased T-bet, pSTAT1, and pSTAT3 expressions in circulating mononuclear cells. During the data analysis we observed that T-bet, pSTAT1, and pSTAT3 expression was not increased in circulating mononuclear cells from a relapsing-remitting (RR)MS patient with recent onset of new neurological signs due to glioblastoma multiforme. In conclusion, our patient represents an exemplary case which suggests that T-bet, pSTAT1, and pSTAT3 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) might be useful to differentiate MS relapses from other noninflammatory diseases.
KW - glioblastoma multiforme
KW - multiple sclerosis
KW - glioblastoma multiforme
KW - multiple sclerosis
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/19690
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-594X
SP - 141
EP - 144
JO - Journal of Neuro-Oncology
JF - Journal of Neuro-Oncology
ER -