MRI diagnosis of spinal metastasis of medulloblastoma. A clinical case and literature review

Ozerov S.S.

GU FNKTs detskoĭ gematologii, onkologii i immunologii Minzdrava RF im. D. Rogacheva, Moskva

Tereshchenko G.V.

Federal'nyĭ nauchno-klinicheskiĭ tsentr detskoĭ gematologii, onkologii i immunologii im. Dmitriia Rogacheva Minzdrava Rossii

Artemov A.V.

Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Childhood Hematology, Oncology and Immunology

Kumirova .V.

FGBU "Federal'nyĭ nauchno-klinicheskiĭ tsentr detskoĭ gematologii, onkologii i immunologii im. Dmitriia Rogacheva" Minzdrava RF

Samarin A.E.

FGBU "Moskovskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ onkologicheskiĭ institut im. P.A. Gertsena" Minzdrava Rossiii

Papusha L.I.

Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Childhood Hematology, Oncology and Immunology

Grachev N.S.

Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Childhood Hematology, Oncology and Immunology

Zheludkova O.G.

GU FNKTs detskoĭ gematologii, onkologii i immunologii Minzdrava RF im. D. Rogacheva, Moskva

MRI diagnosis of spinal metastasis of medulloblastoma. A clinical case and literature review

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Ozerov S.S., Tereshchenko G.V., Artemov A.V., Kumirova .V., Samarin A.E., Papusha L.I., Grachev N.S., Zheludkova O.G.

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Journal: Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2015;79(5): 72‑76

DOI: 10.17116/neiro201579572-76

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Ozerov SS, Tereshchenko GV, Artemov AV, et al. . MRI diagnosis of spinal metastasis of medulloblastoma. A clinical case and literature review. Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2015;79(5):72‑76. (In Russ., In Engl.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/neiro201579572-76

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Objective — the study objective was to improve the quality of detection of medulloblastoma metastases. Material and methods. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal cord in a child with medulloblastoma of the posterior cranial fossa, which was performed on the first day after surgery, detected contrast-positive thickenings of the meninges in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal cord that might be erroneously diagnosed as metastasis. These lesions spontaneously regressed within 3 weeks, which was verified by control MRI. Conclusion. In the case of misinterpretation of a MRI picture of contrast-positive thickenings of the meninges, a patient is erroneously regarded as having tumor metastases and is subject to more intensive treatment. However, the lesions spontaneously disappear or greatly reduce after 2—3 weeks. The article presents a case of this phenomenon, describes the putative mechanisms of its development, and provides recommendations for its differential diagnosis from metastases.

Keywords:

medulloblastomas

metastases

of tumors of the posterior cranial fossa

brain tumors

Authors:

Ozerov S.S.

GU FNKTs detskoĭ gematologii, onkologii i immunologii Minzdrava RF im. D. Rogacheva, Moskva

Tereshchenko G.V.

Federal'nyĭ nauchno-klinicheskiĭ tsentr detskoĭ gematologii, onkologii i immunologii im. Dmitriia Rogacheva Minzdrava Rossii

Artemov A.V.

Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Childhood Hematology, Oncology and Immunology

Kumirova .V.

FGBU "Federal'nyĭ nauchno-klinicheskiĭ tsentr detskoĭ gematologii, onkologii i immunologii im. Dmitriia Rogacheva" Minzdrava RF

Samarin A.E.

FGBU "Moskovskiĭ nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ onkologicheskiĭ institut im. P.A. Gertsena" Minzdrava Rossiii

Papusha L.I.

Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Childhood Hematology, Oncology and Immunology

Grachev N.S.

Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Childhood Hematology, Oncology and Immunology

Zheludkova O.G.

GU FNKTs detskoĭ gematologii, onkologii i immunologii Minzdrava RF im. D. Rogacheva, Moskva

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