Adult medulloblastoma presenting as a large neck tumor. Case report.
Extension of neuroepithelial tumors outside the neuroaxis is uncommon and usually follows surgical intervention. We report a patient with medulloblastoma of the right cerebellar hemisphere with extracranial extension presenting as a large neck tumor and discuss the clinical and pathological features of this case.
Colak
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Nalatya, Turkey.
Belen
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Onol
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Saglam
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D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed