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Misdiagnosing recurrent medulloblastoma: the danger of examination and imaging without histological confirmation
- Source :
- Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 13(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The screening and detection of recurrent medulloblastoma presents the clinician with significant diagnostic challenges, including the risk of misdiagnosis. The authors present the case of a young girl with a history of a treated standard-risk medulloblastoma that highlights the risk of assuming recurrence has occurred when clinical and/or imaging changes are observed. This girl developed both new clinical deficits and had radiographic evidence of recurrence. She subsequently experienced a complete resolution of symptoms and radiographic findings with steroids alone.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Vomiting
Radiography
Vision Disorders
Antineoplastic Agents
Dexamethasone
Diagnosis, Differential
Treatment Refusal
medicine
Recurrent disease
Humans
Diagnostic Errors
Cerebellar Neoplasms
Child
Fatigue
Medulloblastoma
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Palliative Care
Headache
Magnetic resonance imaging
General Medicine
Recurrent Medulloblastoma
medicine.disease
Complete resolution
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Treatment Outcome
Female
Radiology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19330715
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....02baa812d9ea1f87466126c406d01104