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Slow-growing lambdoid melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy
Federico Di Rocco1, Thomas Roujeau, Stéphanie Puget
1Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France. federico.dirocco@nck.aphp.fr
European Journal of Pediatrics
|October 13, 2006
Abstract:
Melanotic neuroectodermal tumors of infancy are rare neoplasms that occasionally may involve the skull. Usually such lesions present as an anterior fontanelle mass that grows rapidly. Very rarely, skull lesions are located at different sites and have an indolent course, thus making the diagnosis more difficult. To illustrate this latter presentation, we present a case of a slowly growing melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy located on the right lambdoid suture.
