Long term palliation of a metastatic primary gliosarcoma with stereotactic body radiotherapy

Janaki Manur Gururajachar, Sweta Polisetty

Abstract


Primary gliosarcoma (PGS) is rare and is known for extra cranial metastases. The overall outcome is dismal and hence the focus is on providing the best quality of life. This report describes a seventy-year-old lady who at presentation had metastatic primary gliosarcoma with intractable cough. Her lung lesion was treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to a dose of 10 Gy per fraction for three consecutive days. She was free of cough till her death at eighteen months after treatment. This is probably the first reported case of excellent long-term quality of life in a patient of metastatic primary gliosarcoma.

Keywords


Gliosarcoma, Lung Metastases, SBRT

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14319/ijcto.41.4

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