Multicentric glioma [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Multicentric glioma ======

Some of the following terms are inconsistently used interchangeably: “[[multicentric glioma]],” “[[multifocal glioma]],” and “[[multiple glioma]]”.
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Multicentric [[glioma]]s are considered to be well recognized but uncommon; often scatter widely in different lobes or hemispheres; and cannot be attributed to a definite pathway
((Maurizio S, Emanuela C, Epimenio RO, et al. Multicentric
gliomas: our experience in 25 patients and critical
review of the literature. Neurosurg Rev 2003; 26:
275-279.)).

[[Multifocal glioma]]s are the result of dissemination of glioma cells from a primary focus to other parenchymal areas via the cerebrospinnal fluid (CSF), [[meninge]]s or [[white matter tract]]s. 

According to the classification of Budka, multifocal gliomas are further grouped into 4 categories: diffuse, multiple, multicentric, and multiple-organ. MCGs can also be separated by time of occurrence. 

see [[Multicentric glioblastoma]].

see [[Multifocal glioma]].