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<p>Defined as a tumour with increased malignancy potential in childhood, medulloblastoma was first reported in the literature by Percival Bailey and Harvey Cushing in 1925. Scientific studies over the years have shown that this type of tumour represents about 20% of all intracranial tumours encountered in childhood, their percentage decreasing with advancing age. The genetic factor plays an important part in the appearance of medulloblastoma; there are certain diseases, in the patient’s history, that can be associated with this type of tumour. Here, we can specify Turcot syndrome (an autosomal recessive disease, rarely encountered) or basal cell carcinoma syndrome. This article presents the case of a young patient (41-year-old) suffering from a cerebellar tumour formation that turned out to be, after histopathological examination, a medulloblastoma. In practice we can find several types of medulloblastoma (desmoplastic or nodular, anaplastic, classical or undifferentiated). In what follows I will try to highlight a few aspects of a classic medulloblastoma.</p>
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Defined as a tumour with increased malignancy potential in childhood, medulloblastoma was first reported in the literature by Percival Bailey and Harvey Cushing in 1925. Scientific studies over the years have shown that this type of tumour represents about 20% of all intracranial tumours encountered in childhood, their percentage decreasing with advancing age. The genetic factor plays an important part in the appearance of medulloblastoma; there are certain diseases, in the patient’s history, that can be associated with this type of tumour. Here, we can specify Turcot syndrome (an autosomal recessive disease, rarely encountered) or basal cell carcinoma syndrome. This article presents the case of a young patient (41-year-old) suffering from a cerebellar tumour formation that turned out to be, after histopathological examination, a medulloblastoma. In practice we can find several types of medulloblastoma (desmoplastic or nodular, anaplastic, classical or undifferentiated). In what follows I will try to highlight a few aspects of a classic medulloblastoma.

Medulloblastoma in Adulthood

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Defined as a tumour with increased malignancy potential in childhood, medulloblastoma was first reported in the literature by Percival Bailey and Harvey...

Medulloblastoma in Adulthood

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Nov. 2021

Seitenbereich: 52 - 54

Eingereicht: 16. Juni 2021

Akzeptiert: 27. Aug. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0051

Schlüsselwörter
potential, medulloblastoma, childhood, percentage decreasing, Turcot syndrome, basal cell carcinoma syndrome

© 2021 Dragoş Horşia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Medulloblastoma in Adulthood

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Nov. 2021

Seitenbereich: 52 - 54

Eingereicht: 16. Juni 2021

Akzeptiert: 27. Aug. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0051

Schlüsselwörterpotential, medulloblastoma, childhood, percentage decreasing, Turcot syndrome, basal cell carcinoma syndrome

© 2021 Dragoş Horşia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
potential, medulloblastoma, childhood, percentage decreasing, Turcot syndrome, basal cell carcinoma syndrome