Medical Journal of Indonesia
Vol. 29 No. 1 (2020): March

Multifocal recurrence of medulloblastoma: a long follow-up case study




Article Info

Publish Date
26 Mar 2020

Abstract

Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in pediatric patients. Leptomeningeal dissemination often occurs in the spinal canal and rarely into the supratentorial as an extra-axial lesion. This study followed an 8-year progression of multifocal medulloblastoma recurrence as supratentorial metastasis that mimics an intra-axial mass of the temporal lobe. Pathologic examination of the temporal mass showed densely packed small round blue cells that are distributed in a ribboning pattern with areas of necrosis, rosette formation, and mitosis. Ki-67 immunohistochemical staining of the tumor showed a high proliferation index of 40% and revealed positive results for synaptophysin and negative results for glial fibrillary acidic protein and β-catenin. A long follow-up is essential to diagnose the recurrence and elucidate the progression of medulloblastoma.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MJI

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

This quarterly medical journal is an official scientific journal of the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia in collaboration with German-Indonesian Medical Association (DIGM) Indexed in: IMSEAR; CAB Abstracts; Global Health; HINARI; DOAJ; DRJI; Google Scholar; JournalTOCs; Ulrichsweb Global ...