title: Medulloblastoma associated with malignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney: case report.
abstract: The authors report a case of 6-month-old boy with cerebellar medulloblastoma associated with malignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney, presenting with an abdominal mass, large head and projectile vomiting. Following removal of the renal tumor, the mass arising from the superior vermis about 6 cm in diameter was removed by a combined right occipital transtentorial and suboccipital approach. The patient had been well for 3 months after surgery followed by chemotherapy but died eventually of tumor recurrence in the abdomen. Reported cases of malignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney associated with brain tumor are reviewed and its characteristics are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumakura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurosu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchioka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D018335:Rhabdoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed