Tale of lady with increased gaming tendency

A 70 year old lady was noticed to have increased tending for gaming all of a sudden noticed by her husband. Husband also noticed that she was having on and off headaches with progressive frequency. After 1 week of symptoms husband brought her to hospital and a CT scan done was suggestive frontal lobe tumour which was suggestive of a Glioblastoma Mutiforme. Patient underwent surgery for the same (ALA) . Her symptoms resolved following the same. Patient was previously diagnosed to have Breast Canrcinoma 4 years back and Basal Cell Carcinoma 10 years back . Glioblastoma multiforme usually arises from P53 mutations and patients are usually prone for multiple malignancies with strong family history tendencies.

Author: Oncoknowledge

I am a General Internal Medicine doctor with special interest in Oncology previously worked in India and currently working with NHS. I am actively interested in cancer Prevention, screenings and treatment modalities. I actively encourage most modern modalities of treatments in Cancer and have been involved in various Cancer MDTs . I am also involved in various academic programs of Cancer and Infections. View all posts by Oncoknowledge