Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

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Extra-Axial Medulloblastoma in the Cerebellar Hemisphere

  • Chung, Eui Jin (Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Jeun, Sin Soo (Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2013.04.19
  • Accepted : 2014.07.11
  • Published : 2014.06.28
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Abstract

Extra-axial medulloblastoma is a rare phenomenon. We report a case in a 5-year-old boy who presented with nausea, vomiting, and gait disturbance. He was treated with total removal of the tumor. This is the first case of an extra-axially located medulloblastoma occurring in the cerebellar hemisphere posteriolateral to the cerebellopontine angle in Korea. Although the extra-axial occurrence of medulloblastoma is rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of extra-axial lesions of the posterior fossa in children.

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