Acute deterioration and death in infancy due to posterior fossa tumour. A case report.
Acute deterioration of a 27-day-old male baby born at term is reported. On admission the baby presented with acute gastro-enteritis which had developed 3 days previously. Apart from enlargement of the head, no signs of CNS dysfunction could be elicited. Only after acute clinical deterioration was a suspicion of a cerebral process aroused. Computed tomography showed a posterior fossa mass and postmortem examination revealed a cerebellar medulloblastoma which was probably of antenatal onset.
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed