Extraneural Metastases of Primary Central Nervous System Tumors Identified by Fine Needle Aspiration: A Retrospective Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. VandenBussche ◽  
Cheng-Ying Ho ◽  
Summer L. Nugent ◽  
Syed Z. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Central Nervous System Tumors ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Nervous System Tumors ◽  
Extraneural Metastases

scholarly journals Cytologic results of fine-needle aspiration biopsies of the central nervous system

Cancer ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1117-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan F. Silverman ◽  
Robert L. Timmons ◽  
John R. Leonard ◽  
Ira M. Hardy ◽  
Lawrence S. Harris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
The Central Nervous System

scholarly journals Medulloblastoma: seeding of VP shunt tract and peritoneum

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Pettersson ◽  
Kelli R. Schmitz ◽  
Jeffrey M. Pollock ◽  
Katharine L. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Central Nervous System Tumors ◽  
Nervous System Tumors ◽  
Vp Shunt ◽  
Extraneural Metastases ◽  
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting ◽  
Unique Distribution ◽  
Anaplastic Medulloblastoma

We report on a 5-year-old boy with seeding of the peritoneum and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract by anaplastic medulloblastoma. The role of ventriculoperitoneal shunting in the spread of primary central nervous system tumors has been controversial. In the case reported here, the unique distribution of tumor implants on ultrasound and multiplanar computed tomography gives further credence to the argument that ventriculoperitoneal shunting is a pathway for extraneural metastases of primary central nervous system tumors.

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