Extra-Axial Medulloblastoma in the Cerebellar Hemisphere.
10.3340/jkns.2014.55.6.362
- Author:
Eui Jin CHUNG
1
;
Sin Soo JEUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. ssjeun@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Medulloblastoma;
Cerebellum;
Cerebral hemispheres;
Child
- MeSH:
Cerebellopontine Angle;
Cerebellum;
Cerebrum;
Child;
Child, Preschool;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Gait;
Humans;
Korea;
Male;
Medulloblastoma*;
Nausea;
Vomiting
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2014;55(6):362-364
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Extra-axial medulloblastoma is a rare phenomenon. We report a case in a 5-year-old boy who presented with nausea, vomiting, and gait disturbance. He was treated with total removal of the tumor. This is the first case of an extra-axially located medulloblastoma occurring in the cerebellar hemisphere posteriolateral to the cerebellopontine angle in Korea. Although the extra-axial occurrence of medulloblastoma is rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of extra-axial lesions of the posterior fossa in children.
