TY - JOUR
T1 - Spinal intramedullary metastasis of medulloblastoma at initial diagnosis
AU - Inoue, Tomoo
AU - Kumabe, Toshihiro
AU - Takahashi, Toshiyuki
AU - Nakajima, Takeshi
AU - Watanabe, Mika
AU - Tominaga, Teiji
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - Case report: Spinal magnetic resonance imaging of a 4-year-old boy with medulloblastoma at the initial presentation showed intramedullary lesion without enhancement effect and slight cord swelling from C-5 to T-1. After complete response to the initial therapy, this lesion recurred and slowly expanded. Cervical 11C-methionine-positron emission tomography could establish the diagnosis of intramedullary metastasis. Conclusion: Spinal intramedullary metastasis of medulloblastoma at initial diagnosis is extremely rare, but must be considered.
AB - Case report: Spinal magnetic resonance imaging of a 4-year-old boy with medulloblastoma at the initial presentation showed intramedullary lesion without enhancement effect and slight cord swelling from C-5 to T-1. After complete response to the initial therapy, this lesion recurred and slowly expanded. Cervical 11C-methionine-positron emission tomography could establish the diagnosis of intramedullary metastasis. Conclusion: Spinal intramedullary metastasis of medulloblastoma at initial diagnosis is extremely rare, but must be considered.
KW - Dissemination
KW - Initial diagnosis
KW - Intramedullary metastasis
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Medullo blastoma
KW - Methioninepositron emission tomography
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U2 - 10.1007/s00381-006-0167-7
DO - 10.1007/s00381-006-0167-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 17072662
AN - SCOPUS:33846458962
VL - 23
SP - 113
EP - 116
JO - Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
JF - Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
SN - 0256-7040
IS - 1
ER -