title: Cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor in an adult, with spinal cord metastasis after 18-year dormancy.
abstract: A cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor in a 40-year-old man recurred as a metastasis to the spinal cord after an 18-year dormant period. The metastatic tumor showed features of neuronal differentiation. The clinical course and pathologic findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Hochberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013997:Time Factors