Another Case of Guillain-Alajouanine-Garcin Syndrome [also known as Bertolotti-Garcin syndrome, Garcin's syndrome, Garcin-Guillain syndrome, Hartmann's syndrome (Friedrich Hartmann), Schmincke tumor-unilateral cranial paralysis syndrome...]

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Title Another Case of Guillain-Alajouanine-Garcin Syndrome [also known as Bertolotti-Garcin syndrome, Garcin's syndrome, Garcin-Guillain syndrome, Hartmann's syndrome (Friedrich Hartmann), Schmincke tumor-unilateral cranial paralysis syndrome...]
Creator Valerie Biousse; Patricia Hudgins; Daniel Brat; Beau Bruce, Nancy Newman
Affiliation Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Subject Cranial Nerve Palsies; Glioblastoma; Hypesthesia; Ataxia; Arachnoid Cysts; Diplopia; Deglutition Disorders
History A 37-year old male with multiple right-side cranial nerve palsies. Previous history significant for hypertension and sleep apnea. Family history remarkable for diabetes, glaucoma and thyroid disease.
Pathology Tumor cells composed of fibrillar eosinophilic cytoplasm and anaplastic nuclei.
Disease/Diagnosis Primary stage IV glioblastoma
Clinical Bilateral horizontal diplopia; Right abduction deficit
Presenting Symptom Multiple unilateral cranial nerve palsies
Neuroimaging CT; MRI
Treatment Surgery
Date 2011-02
References 1. Keane JR. Multiple cranial nerve palsies. Analysis of 979 cases. Arch neurol 2005; 62: 1714-1717. 2. Jain KK. Multiple cranial neuropathies. http://www.medlink.com/CIP.ASP?UID=MLT000NM. 3. Epidemiology of brain tumors. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 472: 323-342. 4. Reifenberger G, Bostrom, Bettag M, and al. Primary glioblastoma multiforme of the oculomotor nerve. Case report. J. Neurosur 1996; 84: 1062-1066.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 43rd Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2011
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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