Leptomeningeal dissemination of spinal pilocytic astrocytoma: a rare entity

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Sep 28:2018:bcr2018226955. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226955.

Authors

Eilidh Bell¹, Avinash Kumar Kanodia², Buddhi Gunaratne³, Angela Edgar⁴

Affiliations

¹ Foundation Doctor, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.
² Radiology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK.
³ Paediatrics, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK.
⁴ Oncology, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: hydrocephalus; neuroimaging; paediatric oncology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
Astrocytoma / complications*
Astrocytoma / diagnostic imaging
Astrocytoma / drug therapy
Astrocytoma / pathology
Child
Humans
Hydrocephalus / diagnostic imaging
Hydrocephalus / pathology
Hydrocephalus / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology*
Meningeal Neoplasms / secondary
Meninges / diagnostic imaging
Meninges / pathology*
Neoplasm Metastasis / drug therapy
Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications*
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography / methods
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / methods

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents