title: Intracranial metastasis from a spinal cord primitive neuroectodermal tumor: case report.
abstract: A patient with intracranial seeding from a spinal cord primitive neuroectodermal tumor with ependymal differentiation is presented. The first and second stages of intracranial dissemination were well controlled by a combination of irradiation and chemotherapy. The authors review previously published cases and discuss the possible mechanism of seeding from the spinal cord to the intracranial region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurisu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Muttaqin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uozumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iida
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed