Computed tomography in management of medulloblastomas.
The neuroradiological studies of 116 patients with histologically verified medulloblastomas, which had been examined with plain and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), were reviewed. The typical CT appearances of a well-defined, hyperdense enhancing mass in the vermis, with surrounding oedema, occurred in 60% of this series. Atypical features include calcification (17%), cystic or necrotic regions (47%) or poorly defined margins and lack of enhancement (7%). Such features in a vermis mass presenting in the first decade, especially in a boy, should not be considered against the diagnosis of medulloblastoma, but may be misleading when the tumour predominantly involves a cerebellar hemisphere.
Sandhu
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Hospital for Sick Children, London, England.
Kendall
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed