Open AccessNatural history of medulloblastoma in a child with neurofibromatosis type I
Author(s) -
Mehdi Golpayegani,
Farhad Salari,
Zohreh Habibi,
Mousarreza Anbarlouei,
Ali Mahdavi,
Farideh Nejat
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_35_18
Subject(s) - medicine , natural history , medulloblastoma , neurofibromatosis , asymptomatic , ventriculomegaly , brain tumor , neurofibromatosis type i , posterior fossa , radiology , pathology , fetus , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Medulloblastoma is one of the common posterior fossa tumors in children. The natural history of this tumor in presymptomatic period is not well known. Widespread use of brain imaging has increased the detection of incidental brain tumors in totally asymptomatic persons. Here, we report a case of a 4-year-old boy with prenatal diagnosis of congenital brain abnormalities and neurofibromatosis type I. He underwent regular brain imaging to follow interhemispheric arachnoid cyst and ventriculomegaly that a posterior fossa tumor was discovered. The tumor size increased during time and became symptomatic after 28 months which was resected.