Spinal intramedullary metastasis of medulloblastoma at initial diagnosis.
METHODS
Spinal magnetic resonance imaging of a 4-year-old boy with medulloblastoma at the initial presentation showed intramedullary lesion without enhancement effect and slight cord swelling from C-5 to T-1. After complete response to the initial therapy, this lesion recurred and slowly expanded. Cervical 11C-methionine-positron emission tomography could establish the diagnosis of intramedullary metastasis.


CONCLUSIONS
Spinal intramedullary metastasis of medulloblastoma at initial diagnosis is extremely rare, but must be considered.
Inoue
Tomoo
T
Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
Kumabe
Toshihiro
T
Takahashi
Toshiyuki
T
Nakajima
Takeshi
T
Watanabe
Mika
M
Tominaga
Teiji
T
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011878:Radiotherapy; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents