Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum

We report on a 5-year-old boy with seeding of the peritoneum and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract by anaplastic medulloblastoma. The role of ventriculoperitoneal shunting in the spread of primary central nervous system tumors has been controversial. In the case reported here, the unique distributi...

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Autores principales: Pettersson, David, Schmitz, Kelli R., Pollock, Jeffrey M., Hopkins, Katharine L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765436
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e37
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author Pettersson, David
Schmitz, Kelli R.
Pollock, Jeffrey M.
Hopkins, Katharine L.
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description We report on a 5-year-old boy with seeding of the peritoneum and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract by anaplastic medulloblastoma. The role of ventriculoperitoneal shunting in the spread of primary central nervous system tumors has been controversial. In the case reported here, the unique distribution of tumor implants on ultrasound and multiplanar computed tomography gives further credence to the argument that ventriculoperitoneal shunting is a pathway for extraneural metastases of primary central nervous system tumors.
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spelling pubmed-39812822014-04-24 Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum Pettersson, David Schmitz, Kelli R. Pollock, Jeffrey M. Hopkins, Katharine L. Clin Pract Case Report We report on a 5-year-old boy with seeding of the peritoneum and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract by anaplastic medulloblastoma. The role of ventriculoperitoneal shunting in the spread of primary central nervous system tumors has been controversial. In the case reported here, the unique distribution of tumor implants on ultrasound and multiplanar computed tomography gives further credence to the argument that ventriculoperitoneal shunting is a pathway for extraneural metastases of primary central nervous system tumors. PAGEPress Publications 2012-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3981282/ /pubmed/24765436 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e37 Text en ©Copyright D. Pettersson et al., 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum
title Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum
title_full Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum
title_fullStr Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum
title_full_unstemmed Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum
title_short Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum
title_sort medulloblastoma: seeding of vp shunt tract and peritoneum
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981282/
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