Multiple nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome (Gorlin's syndrome): possible confusion with metastatic medulloblastoma. Case report.
The authors report a diagnostic dilemma involving a child who, 8 years previously, had total excision of a medulloblastoma. On x-ray studies, lytic lesions of the skull were seen. The differential diagnosis and some of the clinical and pathological aspects of the nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome versus metastases are discussed.
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome