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Medulloblastomas in neurofibromatosis type 1. Case report and literature review
J F Martínez-Lage1, C Salcedo, M Corral
1Unidad de Neurocirugía Pediátrica, Servicio Regional de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia.
Neurocirugia (Asturias, Spain)
|June 13, 2002
Abstract:
A 6-year-old girl, previously diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) presented with ataxia and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure. Diagnostic work up disclosed a posterior fossa tumor. Histopathological study of the excised neoplasm showed a cerebellar medulloblastoma. We review the current literature and suggest that the association of medulloblastoma with NF-1 is not a chance occurrence, and that it might be pathogenically related. We propose that medulloblastoma should be added to the list of malignancies that are apt to occur in NF-1.