Intraventricular and leptomeningeal dissemination of a pilocytic cerebellar astrocytoma in a child with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: case report.
Br J Neurosurg
; 12(1): 56-8, 1998 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-11013652
Dissemination of a pilocytic cerebellar astrocytoma is a very rare occurrence. So far only eight cases have been reported in the literature and in only one of these cases had the tumour spread into the ventricles. We report a case of a child who presented with communicating hydrocephalus and a small cerebellar lesion. The patient was initially treated by a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt and the lesion was followed-up. Two years later, intraventricular and leptomeningeal dissemination of the tumour which proved to be a pilocytic astrocytoma was documented. The role of the VP shunt in diverting metastasizing tumour cells into the ventricles is discussed.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Astrocitoma
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Neoplasias Cerebelosas
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Neoplasias del Ventrículo Cerebral
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Derivación Ventriculoperitoneal
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Hidrocefalia
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Neoplasias Meníngeas
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Siembra Neoplásica
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Neurosurg
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROCIRURGIA
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Arabia Saudita
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido