title: The importance of biopsy following radiological diagnosis of relapsed medulloblastoma.
abstract: We report the case of a 13-year old with a radiological diagnosis of relapsed medulloblastoma. Eighteen months after the last course of palliative chemotherapy MRI showed radiological resolution. The lesions were retrospectively assumed to be a radiation effect, highlighting the potential benefits of biopsy to confirm presumed radiological recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Oncology Department, Great North Children's Hospital, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. simon.bailey@ncl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Dipayan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Hina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Johnstone
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerrard
authors.forename: Juliet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hale
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Clifford
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects