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ReviewJournal of neuro-oncology2012

Multifocal presentation of medulloblastoma in adulthood.

Pietro Ciccarino, Antonino Rotilio, Marta Rossetto, Renzo Manara, Enrico Orvieto, Franco Berti, Giuseppe Lombardi, Domenico d'Avella, Renato Scienza, Alessandro Della Puppa

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Review in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Multifocal medulloblastoma in an adult: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Pietro CiccarinoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Padua University Hospital, Via Giustiniani 2, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Antonino Rotilio
Marta Rossetto
Renzo Manara
Enrico Orvieto
Franco Berti
Giuseppe Lombardi
Domenico d'Avella
Renato Scienza
Alessandro Della Puppa
University of Padua · ITAzienda Ospedaliera di Padova · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medulloblastoma in adulthood is uncommon but not rare; annual incidence is 2-20/1,000,000. Some peculiarities characterize medulloblastoma in adult patients compared with the child type: lateral cerebellar location, heterogeneous signal intensity on magnetic resonance imaging, desmoplastic histological variant, and more favourable prognosis. Preoperative diagnosis is crucial for correct management of these patients. However, because of the low incidence of medulloblastoma in the adult population, preoperative diagnosis remains challenging and prognostic factors and best treatment options are still controversial. In this setting, some unusual findings, for example multifocal presentation and extra-axial location, can confound diagnosis and make treatment difficult. We present a short case-illustrated review on these remarkable issues.

Indexed as

Cerebellar NeoplasmsMedulloblastomaAdultHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMale

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PMID22071791
OpenAlexW2093771302

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