title: Extracentral nervous system metastases from medulloblastoma. A case report.
abstract: Medulloblastoma belongs to the group of highly malignant neuroepithelial tumours and is the commonest tumour in childhood (12-25 %) (1), but is rare in adults (0.4-1%) of all primary brain tumours) (1,2). Medulloblastomas usually arise in the posterior fossa and spread readily throughout the CSF, although 10-30% of patients develop extracentral nervous system metastases (2). We describe a 30-year-old woman presenting bone metastases from medulloblastoma located predominantly in the spine.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiology Department, Bellaria Hospital; Bologna Italy - stellabattaglia@tiscalinet.it.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Marliani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stafa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Franceschi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agati