title: Extraneural metastasis in a child with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system.
abstract: Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor is a distinctive brain tumor appearing in infancy and early childhood. Leptomeningeal dissemination is common, both at presentation and relapse. Extracranial metastases of the central nervous system tumors are rarely seen. To our knowledge there is only one report with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor metastasizing via a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. We describe the first case of atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system who developed lung metastasis without the presence of a shunt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Söylemezoglu
authors.lastname: Kudret
authors.lastname: Caglar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirkazik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Büyyükpamuk
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000209:etiology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018335:Rhabdoid Tumor / Q000556:secondary*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000556:secondary*