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ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2021

Benign skull and subdural lesions in patients with prior medulloblastoma therapy.

Kristiyana Kaneva, Nitin Wadhwani, Arthur J DiPatri, Susan Palasis, Stewart Goldman, Jessie Aw-Zoretic

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Review in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. Treatment modalities of ALK-positive relapsed/refractory inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the brain and lungs in 7-year-old girl: case-based reviews.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023
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6 authors.

Kristiyana KanevaDivision of Hematology-Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611-2991, USA. kkaneva87@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1226-9563
Nitin WadhwaniDivision of Pathology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Arthur J DiPatriDivision of Neurosurgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Susan PalasisDepartment of Medical Imaging, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 9, Chicago, IL, 60611-2991, USA.
Stewart GoldmanDivision of Hematology-Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611-2991, USA.
Jessie Aw-ZoreticDepartment of Medical Imaging, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 9, Chicago, IL, 60611-2991, USA. JAwZoretic@luriechildrens.org.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo report on our institutional cohort of patients and review the literature of medulloblastoma patients who developed skull/subdural-based lesions following treatment.

methodsFollowing institutional review board (IRB) approval, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of four children with a history of treated medulloblastoma who developed non-specific skull-based/subdural lesions incidentally found on surveillance imaging.

resultsBiopsies of the lesions proved the pathology to be low grade and included inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, cortical fibrous defect consistent with fibroma, fibrous tissue, and fibrous dysplasia. The finding of calvarial or subdural fibrous lesions in children following therapy for medulloblastoma was noted in four out of 201 (136 with available follow-up data) medulloblastoma patients seen or discussed in our institution over the past 10 years.

conclusionsThese lesions can grow over time and pose a differential diagnostic challenge with metastatic disease when identified. The skull and subdural space should be scrutinized for secondary lesions on surveillance imaging of patients with medulloblastoma who have received craniospinal irradiation as knowledge of this benign occurrence will assist with management.

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Cerebellar NeoplasmsMedulloblastomaChildHumansRetrospective StudiesSkullSubdural SpaceBone lesionsFibrousMedulloblastomaPediatric brain tumorSkull lesion

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