Your shopping cart is empty.
3D Printed Glioma Grade 3-4, Causing Papilloedema
Item # MP2003Need an estimate?
Click Add To Quote
-
by
A trusted GT partner -
3D Printed Model
from a real specimen -
Gov't pricing
Available upon request
3D Printed Glioma Grade 3-4, Causing Papilloedema
Clinical History
The patient was a female aged 24 years, who presented 18 months before death with an abnormal
electroencephalogram (EEG) after a single epileptic fit. Six months later she complained of blurred vision and
headaches. Bilateral papilloedema was seen on ophthalmoscopy; however, there were no localising signs to explain
this. Further investigations showed a space occupying mass, which was biopsied and histologically diagnosed as a
Grade III-IV glioma. The patient was treated with radiotherapy. A month after treatment commenced, the patient
experienced weakness of the left arm and leg. Soon afterwards she was admitted with drowsiness and vomiting;
thereafter, she rapidly and died.
Pathology
The specimen shows a large intracerebral lesion, which has obliterated the lateral ventricles and
the inner 2/3 of the internal capsule and basal ganglia on the right side. It is infiltrating across the corpus
callosum and distorting the aqueduct. The tumour is fairly well demarcated and vascular with numerous areas of
haemorrhage and necrosis, causing its mottled variegated appearance.
GTSimulators by Global Technologies
Erler Zimmer Authorized Dealer
The models are very detailed and delicate. With normal production machines you cannot realize such details like shown in these models.
The printer used is a color-plastic printer. This is the most suitable printer for these models.
The plastic material is already the best and most suitable material for these prints. (The other option would be a kind of gypsum, but this is way more fragile. You even cannot get them out of the printer without breaking them).The huge advantage of the prints is that they are very realistic as the data is coming from real human specimen. Nothing is shaped or stylized.
The users have to handle these prints with utmost care. They are not made for touching or bending any thin nerves, arteries, vessels etc. The 3D printed models should sit on a table and just rotated at the table.