A rare case of adult medulloblastoma with spinal metastasis.
Medulloblastoma is a relatively common malignant brain tumor of childhood and relatively rare in adulthood, with a propensity for neuraxial spread via cerebrospinal fluid pathways. Osseous extraneural metastasis is uncommon and when it happens, radiologic findings are of sclerotic (60%), lytic (35%), and mixed patterns (5%) (Algra et al. (1992)). In this paper, we present a case of medulloblastoma metastiaszing to the lumbar spine and describe the magnetic resonance appearance, with emphasis on the image findings mimicking spondylodiscitis.
Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital des Spécialités, Rabat, Morocco.
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Quenum
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Ntalaja
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Onen
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Arkha
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Derraz
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El Ouahabi
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Sefiani
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Elkhamlichi