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

  • Benny Zulkarnaien Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Edwin Suharlim Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0781-3528
  • Eka Susanto Department of Anatomical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Soehartati Argadikoesoema Gondhowiardjo Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9446-4361
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13181/mji.cr.193480
Keywords: intra-axial mass, long follow-up, medulloblastoma, recurrence
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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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2020-03-26
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Zulkarnaien B, Suharlim E, Susanto E, Gondhowiardjo SA. Multifocal recurrence of medulloblastoma: a long follow-up case study. Med J Indones [Internet]. 2020Mar.26 [cited 2024Apr.26];29(1):93-9. Available from: http://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/article/view/3480
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Vol. 29 No. 1 (2020): March
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