Author(s): David Pettersson | Kelli R. Schmitz | Jeffrey M. Pollock | Katharine L. Hopkins
Journal: Clinics and Practice
ISSN 2039-7275
Volume: 2;
Issue: 1;
Start page: e37;
Date: 2012;
Original page
Keywords: medulloblastoma | extraneural metastases | VP shunt | US | CT.
ABSTRACT
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.
Journal: Clinics and Practice
ISSN 2039-7275
Volume: 2;
Issue: 1;
Start page: e37;
Date: 2012;
Original page
Keywords: medulloblastoma | extraneural metastases | VP shunt | US | CT.
ABSTRACT
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.
