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Tamami Yano1, Yukio Sawaishi, Aya Hirayama
1Department of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Division of Pediatrics, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Abstract:
A 4-year-old female with choroid plexus carcinoma developed progressive disturbance of consciousness 2 years after postoperative treatment with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and focal methotrexate injection into a residual tumor cyst. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed white matter lesions localized around the expanding large cyst. A malignant recurrence of choroid plexus carcinoma with a propensity of cerebrospinal fluid overproduction was suspected. However, daily drainage of cerebrospinal fluid from the cyst and treatment with glycerol and dexamethasone achieved improvement. Diffuse hypoperfusion over the lesions on single-photon emission computed tomography denied the possibility of residual tumor aggravation and together with subsequent atrophic changes confirmed that the lesions reflect localized leukoencephalopathy, possibly associated with methotrexate forced into the parenchyma as a result of the expanding intracystic high pressure.
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