title: Extracranial metastases of a supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumour.
abstract: Extracranial metastases from primary central nervous system (CNS) tumours have rarely been reported in the literature, and glioblastomas and medulloblastomas constitute the majority of these. The tendency of supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNET) to spread within the CNS is well-known, but few cases of extracranial metastases of supratentorial PNET have been reported. We report a 29-year-old man with a supratentorial PNET, which metastasized to his vertebral bodies and lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, 2240 Daehwa-dong, Ilsan-Seo-gu, Goyang 411-410, Korea. hsrkmj@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
authors.forename: Seong Rok
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Moon Jun
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Sang Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Gi Taek
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.forename: Chan Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Dong Joon
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Choong Jin
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Whang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018242:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / Q000556:secondary*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein