Increased intracranial pressure in a case of spinal cervical glioblastoma multiforme: analysis of these two rare conditions

[摘要] The authors describe a rare case of increased intracranial hypertension consequent to a spinal cervical glioblastoma multiforme in a young patient. They analyse the physiopathology of intracranial hypertension in spinal tumors and the rarity of such kind of tumor in this location, and its clinico-pathological aspects.

[关键词] intracranial hypertension;spinal glioblastoma multiforme;young patient;hipertensão intracraniana;glioblastoma multiforme espinhal;paciente jovem