| Autor: |
Parham, Moftakhar, Xuemo, Fan, Carole H, Hurvitz, Keith L, Black, Moise, Danielpour |
| Rok vydání: |
2008 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2(5) |
| ISSN: |
1933-0707 |
| Popis: |
Central nervous system medulloepitheliomas are extremely rare and malignant (World Health Organization Grade IV) primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) that arise in childhood. Unlike other PNETs, medulloepitheliomas have a dismal prognosis, with only 2 reported cases in the literature in which the patient survived beyond 5 years after treatment. The authors report on the third known case of a child who survived longer than 5 years. A review of all the published cases of medulloepithelioma is also presented, and alternative treatment strategies for PNET tumors, including high-dose chemotherapy with stem-cell rescue, are discussed. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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