[A case of medullomyoblastoma].
Medullomyoblastoma is a rare histologic variant of medulloblastoma. We report a case of medullomyoblastoma occurring in the cerebellar vermis. A 12-year-old girl presented with a 3-month history of headache, nausea, vomiting and unsteadiness of gait. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a mass lesion in the cerebellar vermis. A suboccipital craniectomy was perfomed to remove a tumor. Immunohistochemical studies confirmed the presence of both a primitive neuroectodermal component and rhabdomyoblastic differentiation, consistent with the diagnosis of medullomyoblastoma.
Department of Neurosurgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Our Lady of the Snow Social Medical Corporation, Kurume-city, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yukari
Y
Aramaki
Shoko
S
Shimokawa
Susumu
S
Nakashima
Yasuhiro
Y
Nakamura
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery