Supratentorial Embryonal Tumor in Adult Patient: Case Report and Literature Review

Embryonal tumors are the new nomenclature of the primitive neuroectodermal tumors or PNET. Their supratentorial location and their manifestation in adult population are not very frequent. Embryonal tumors are conformed from undifferentiated neuroepithelial cells that have the ability to show differe...

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Autores principales: Muñoz Montoya, Juan Esteban, Rodríguez, Paula Santamaria, Duarte Mora, Diana Paola, Benavidez Rojas, Mónica Sofia, Cortes Jaramillo, Elsa Jimena, Chacón Zambrano, Leonardo Andrés
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7591189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33145242
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_19_20
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Sumario:Embryonal tumors are the new nomenclature of the primitive neuroectodermal tumors or PNET. Their supratentorial location and their manifestation in adult population are not very frequent. Embryonal tumors are conformed from undifferentiated neuroepithelial cells that have the ability to show differentiation to several cell lines. Next is presented a case from an adult male patient with a clinical headache pictures and convulsions. With imaging study that shows a meningeal enhancement with frontal lobe infiltration with histopathological study of embryonic tumor with areas of glial differentiation.

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