Glioblastoma developing at the site of a cerebellar medulloblastoma treated 6 years earlier. Case report.
The authors report the highly unusual development of a glioblastoma multiforme at the site of excision of a medulloblastoma 6 years earlier. The patient was operated on for a cerebellar medulloblastoma at the age of 13 years. Postoperative treatment included irradiation and chemotherapy. Six years later, a glioblastoma multiforme was found at the original site of the medulloblastoma. Intensive multimodality treatment is considered the likely cause for the later tumor development.
Schmidbauer
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Neurological Institute, University of Vienna, Austria.
Budka
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Bruckner
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Vorkapic
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D000293:Adolescent; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*