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Case Reports
. 2017 Oct-Dec;25(4):240-243.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmu.2017.09.004. Epub 2017 Oct 28.

Rare Brain Tumor in a Neonate

Shih-Huan Chen  1 , Che-Sheng Ho  1   2 , Nan-Chang Chiu  1   2 , Hui-Ju Chen  1 , Yi-Jie Lin  1
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Case Reports

Rare Brain Tumor in a Neonate

Shih-Huan Chen et al. J Med Ultrasound. 2017 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Neonatal brain tumor is rare and its outcome is generally poor. We reported a 17-day-old neonate presented as enlarged head girth. The pathological finding showed an embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes.

Keywords: Brain tumors; ETMR; Neonate; Ultrasonography.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Sonographic image (a) in coronal view demonstrates with bilateral lateral ventricle and third ventricle dilatation. (b) Sagittal midline view shows hydrocephalus with 3rd ventricle dilatation, visible aqueduct (arrow), displaced 4th ventricle, unclear margin of vermis and cistern magna that indicated obstruction of lower CSF pathway. Space-occupying lesion (arrowhead) with heteroechogenicity in vermis is suspected.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a)Sagittal T2WI MR scan demonstrates a huge tumor (arrow) with central cysts in the midline of the posterior cranial fossa appearing as heterogeneous high signal intensity about 4.5 × 4.9 × 5.7 cm3 in size and localized predominantly in the cerebellar vermis and hemispheres and toward inferior extension to the foramen magnum. The tumor leads to compression on pons, medulla and 4th ventricle and dilatation of aqueduct, 3rd ventricle and lateral ventricles. (b)Coronal T2 FLAIR shows tumor with heterogeneous high signal intensity. (c) Axial view in T1 FLAIR.
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