MEDULLOBLASTOMA IN ADULTHOOD
Abstract:
Defined as a tumour with increased malignancy potential in childhood, medulloblastoma
was first reported in the literature by Percival Bailey and Harvey Cushing in 1925. Scientific studies
over the years have shown that this type of tumour represents about 20% of all intracranial tumours
encountered in childhood, their percentage decreasing with advancing age. The genetic factor plays
an important part in the appearance of medulloblastoma; there are certain diseases, in the patient’s
history, that can be associated with this type of tumour. Here, we can specify Turcot syndrome (an
autosomal recessive disease, rarely encountered) or basal cell carcinoma syndrome. This article
presents the case of a young patient (41-year-old) suffering from a cerebellar tumour formation that
turned out to be, after histopathological examination, a medulloblastoma. In practice we can find
several types of medulloblastoma (desmoplastic or nodular, anaplastic, classical or undifferentiated).
In what follows I will try to highlight a few aspects of a classic medulloblastoma.
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