Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum
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Mar 5, 2012
Case Reports
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e37
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medulloblastoma, extraneural metastases, VP shunt, US, CT.
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Pettersson, D., Schmitz, K., Pollock, J., & L. Hopkins, K. (2012). Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum. Clinics and Practice, 2(2), e37. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e37
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We report on a 5-year-old boy with seeding of the peritoneum and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract by anaplastic medulloblastoma. The role of ventriculoperitoneal shunting in the spread of primary central nervous system tumors has been controversial. In the case reported here, the unique distribution of tumor implants on ultrasound and multiplanar computed tomography gives further credence to the argument that ventriculoperitoneal shunting is a pathway for extraneural metastases of primary central nervous system tumors.
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