Long-term survival in a child with a central nervous system medulloepithelioma
2008 ◽
Vol 2
(5)
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pp. 339-345
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Keyword(s):
Central nervous system medulloepitheliomas are extremely rare and malignant (World Health Organization Grade IV) primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) that arise in childhood. Unlike other PNETs, medulloepitheliomas have a dismal prognosis, with only 2 reported cases in the literature in which the patient survived beyond 5 years after treatment. The authors report on the third known case of a child who survived longer than 5 years. A review of all the published cases of medulloepithelioma is also presented, and alternative treatment strategies for PNET tumors, including high-dose chemotherapy with stem-cell rescue, are discussed.
2009 ◽
Vol 98
(1)
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pp. 117-123
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2012 ◽
Vol 47
(10)
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pp. 1383-1384
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Challenges in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
2020 ◽
Vol 18
(11)
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pp. 1571-1578