Open AccessSubcutaneous metastasis in medulloblastoma: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Tanmoy Maiti,
Paramveer Sabharwal,
Paritosh Pandey,
B Indira Devi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.117861
Subject(s) - medicine , medulloblastoma , metastasis , concomitant , pathology , population , bone metastasis , cancer , surgery , environmental health
Extraneural metastasis (ENM) in patients with medulloblastoma is a rare but a well-described phenomenon, both in children and adults. Most of the ENM involve bone and bone marrow and rarely involve other solid organs. Subcutaneous and muscular metastasis is an extremely rare event, more so in children, with only two cases documented in the pediatric population. We describe a case of medulloblastoma with ENM in right masseter and subcutaneous plane along with concomitant central nervous system relapse, 4 years after the primary diagnosis, with a brief review of the literature.