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Subcutaneous metastasis in medulloblastoma: A case report and review of literature

Extraneural metastasis (ENM) in patients with medulloblastoma is a rare but a well-described phenomenon, both in children and adults. Most of the ENM involve bone and bone marrow and rarely involve other solid organs. Subcutaneous and muscular metastasis is an extremely rare event, more so in childr...

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Autores principales: Maiti, Tanmoy, Sabharwal, Paramveer, Pandey, Paritosh, Devi, B. Indira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3783732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082943
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.117861
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author Maiti, Tanmoy
Sabharwal, Paramveer
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Devi, B. Indira
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description Extraneural metastasis (ENM) in patients with medulloblastoma is a rare but a well-described phenomenon, both in children and adults. Most of the ENM involve bone and bone marrow and rarely involve other solid organs. Subcutaneous and muscular metastasis is an extremely rare event, more so in children, with only two cases documented in the pediatric population. We describe a case of medulloblastoma with ENM in right masseter and subcutaneous plane along with concomitant central nervous system relapse, 4 years after the primary diagnosis, with a brief review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-37837322013-09-30 Subcutaneous metastasis in medulloblastoma: A case report and review of literature Maiti, Tanmoy Sabharwal, Paramveer Pandey, Paritosh Devi, B. Indira J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Extraneural metastasis (ENM) in patients with medulloblastoma is a rare but a well-described phenomenon, both in children and adults. Most of the ENM involve bone and bone marrow and rarely involve other solid organs. Subcutaneous and muscular metastasis is an extremely rare event, more so in children, with only two cases documented in the pediatric population. We describe a case of medulloblastoma with ENM in right masseter and subcutaneous plane along with concomitant central nervous system relapse, 4 years after the primary diagnosis, with a brief review of the literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3783732/ /pubmed/24082943 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.117861 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Subcutaneous metastasis in medulloblastoma: A case report and review of literature
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title_full Subcutaneous metastasis in medulloblastoma: A case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Subcutaneous metastasis in medulloblastoma: A case report and review of literature
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title_short Subcutaneous metastasis in medulloblastoma: A case report and review of literature
title_sort subcutaneous metastasis in medulloblastoma: a case report and review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3783732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082943
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.117861
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