title: Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy: a rare brain tumour of childhood.
abstract: Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy is a rare, mostly benign but locally aggressive tumour of neural crest cell origin occurring in infants. The most commonly affected anatomic site is the maxilla. Such tumours of the brain and skull are very rare. We present the case of an 8 months old baby girl whose presenting complaint was a swelling in the scalp for 6 months. She was otherwise asymptomatic. CT imaging confirmed the presence of an osteolytic tumour in the anterior parasagittal skull with dural involvement. The tumour was surgically excised enbloc. The patient has been well at 2 years follow-up without any evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: The Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Muhammad Babar
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Delvene
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Muhammad Zubair
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Tahir
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Khurram
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minhas
authors.forename: Muhammad Ehsan
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bari
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017600:Neuroectodermal Tumor, Melanotic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome