Medullomyoblastoma in an adult

Cancer. 1990 Jan 1;65(1):157-63. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19900101)65:1<157::aid-cncr2820650130>3.0.co;2-m.

Abstract

Medullomyoblastoma is a rare histologic variant of medulloblastoma. Of the 20 cases reported in the literature, 19 were in children ages 2.5 to 10.5 years and one was in a 26-year-old woman. In the reported adult case the myogenic component of the tumor was leiomyosarcomatous. The authors report a case of medullomyoblastoma with a rhabdomyosarcomatous component in a 40-year-old man with light microscopic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural findings. The histogenetic theories regarding this tumor include that it is a teratoma, or that the myogenic component arises from the perivascular or leptomeningeal ectomesenchyme, or pluripotential neuroectodermal cells, or endothelial cells. The authors' findings do not elucidate the histogenesis but argue against an endothelial origin of the rhabdomyoblastic component.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / etiology
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / ultrastructure
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Male
  • Medulloblastoma / etiology
  • Medulloblastoma / pathology*
  • Medulloblastoma / ultrastructure