Brain imaging and morphological plasticity in glioblastoma: a literature review.

This article provides a comprehensive review of the role of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in characterizing neural plasticity in glioblastoma patients. Glioblastoma, the most common primary brain tumor, has a rapid growth rate and infiltrative nature that leads to the disorganization of the normal brain network. Neuroplasticity, still not fully understood, is the foundation for the development of brain functions during the growth and recovery of certain brain functions after a brain lesion such as a tumor, trauma, or vascular event.

Astroblastoma - reviewing literature and one case report.

Background: Astroblastoma is a poorly defined central nervous system (CNS) tumor, included along with polar spongioblastoma and gliomatosis cerebri in the group of neuroepithelial tumors of uncertain origin in the June 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of tumors of the CNS. They are rare neoplasms that affect primarily patients of young ages. The purpose of this research is to highlight the uniqueness and rareness of this pathology and to emphasize on the particularities of one case managed in our Clinic.