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Fourth Ventricle Medulloblastoma

MedGen UID:
1653585
•Concept ID:
C4744524
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A medulloblastoma occurring in the fourth ventricle. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFourth Ventricle Medulloblastoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

A four-hour topotecan infusion achieves cytotoxic exposure throughout the neuraxis in the nonhuman primate model: implications for treatment of children with metastatic medulloblastoma.
Zamboni WC, Gajjar AJ, Mandrell TD, Einhaus SL, Danks MK, Rogers WP, Heideman RL, Houghton PJ, Stewart CF
Clin Cancer Res 1998 Oct;4(10):2537-44. PMID: 9796988
Current therapy and new perspectives in the treatment of medulloblastoma.
Whelan HT, Krouwer HG, Schmidt MH, Reichert KW, Kovnar EH
Pediatr Neurol 1998 Feb;18(2):103-15. doi: 10.1016/s0887-8994(97)00221-x. PMID: 9535295
Primary tumors and other masses of the cerebellum and fourth ventricle: differential diagnosis by computed tomography.
Naidich TP, Lin JP, Leeds NE, Pudlowski RM, Naidich JB
Neuroradiology 1977 Dec 31;14(4):153-74. doi: 10.1007/BF00496979. PMID: 563992

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

A case of relapsed medulloblastoma treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy and temozolomide.
Mascarin M, Dall'Oglio S, Palazzi M, Sartor G, Marradi PL, Romano M, Maluta S
Tumori 2010 Mar-Apr;96(2):327-31. doi: 10.1177/030089161009600223. PMID: 20572594

Diagnosis

Discharge management of an adolescent female with posterior fossa syndrome: a case report.
Pearlman LS, McVittie A, Hunter K
Can J Neurosci Nurs 2008;30(3):14-20. PMID: 18856094
Variants of congenital ocular motor apraxia: associations with hydrocephalus, pontocerebellar tumor, and a deficit of vertical saccades.
Anteby I, Lee B, Noetzel M, Tychsen L
J AAPOS 1997 Dec;1(4):201-8. doi: 10.1016/s1091-8531(97)90038-0. PMID: 10532764

Therapy

A case of relapsed medulloblastoma treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy and temozolomide.
Mascarin M, Dall'Oglio S, Palazzi M, Sartor G, Marradi PL, Romano M, Maluta S
Tumori 2010 Mar-Apr;96(2):327-31. doi: 10.1177/030089161009600223. PMID: 20572594
Discharge management of an adolescent female with posterior fossa syndrome: a case report.
Pearlman LS, McVittie A, Hunter K
Can J Neurosci Nurs 2008;30(3):14-20. PMID: 18856094

Prognosis

Cerebellar swelling after surgery for medulloblastoma with leptomeningeal dissemination in children. A case based-update.
Todeschi J, Stella I, Entz-Werle N, Coca HA, Joud A, Chastagner P, Proust F, Klein O
Neurochirurgie 2021 Apr;67(2):145-151. Epub 2020 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2020.11.015. PMID: 33340509

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