[Peritoneal metastasis of a pineoblastoma in a patient with a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt].
A 12 years old child had an increase of intra cranial pressure secondary to a large pinealoblastoma. A ventriculo peritoneal shunt procedure was performed followed several days later by a partial resection of the pinealoblastoma. One year later, ultrasound and computed tomography examinations discovered a solid mass in the pelvis. At surgery it appeared to be a metastasis of the pinealoblastoma. It is a very seldom complication of the shunt and various mechanisms are discussed.
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D014463:Ultrasonography
Métastases péritonéales d'un pinéaloblastome chez une patiente porteuse d'une dérivation ventriculo-péritonéale.