Ependymoblastoma of the brainstem: MRI findings and differential diagnosis

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Ependymoblastoma of the brainstem: MRI findings and differential diagnosis. / Nowak, Johannes; Seidel, Carolin; Pietsch, Torsten; Friedrich, Carsten; von Hoff, Katja; Rutkowski, Stefan; Warmuth-Metz, Monika.

In: PEDIATR BLOOD CANCER, Vol. 61, No. 6, 01.06.2014, p. 1132-1134.

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Nowak, J, Seidel, C, Pietsch, T, Friedrich, C, von Hoff, K, Rutkowski, S & Warmuth-Metz, M 2014, 'Ependymoblastoma of the brainstem: MRI findings and differential diagnosis', PEDIATR BLOOD CANCER, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 1132-1134. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.24915

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Nowak, J., Seidel, C., Pietsch, T., Friedrich, C., von Hoff, K., Rutkowski, S., & Warmuth-Metz, M. (2014). Ependymoblastoma of the brainstem: MRI findings and differential diagnosis. PEDIATR BLOOD CANCER, 61(6), 1132-1134. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.24915

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@article{244dcd8aad66445ab1f9277025df3c9e,
title = "Ependymoblastoma of the brainstem: MRI findings and differential diagnosis",
abstract = "Ependymoblastoma (EBL) is a rare malignant CNS tumor of early childhood, listed as a subgroup of primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) in the 2007 WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. Histologically, EBL can be defined by multilayered, mitotically active {"}ependymoblastic{"} rosettes with central lumen as a histological hallmark. The prognosis seems to be far inferior to other embryonal CNS tumors, and known clinical and MRI characteristics of EBL are based on scattered case reports. We present and discuss two uncommon cases of histopathologically confirmed ependymoblastoma that both seem to originate from the brainstem.",
keywords = "Brain Stem Neoplasms, Cranial Nerve Diseases, Diagnosis, Differential, Diagnostic Errors, Fatal Outcome, Female, Humans, Hydrocephalus, Infant, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Medulloblastoma, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Paresis, Pons",
author = "Johannes Nowak and Carolin Seidel and Torsten Pietsch and Carsten Friedrich and {von Hoff}, Katja and Stefan Rutkowski and Monika Warmuth-Metz",
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T1 - Ependymoblastoma of the brainstem: MRI findings and differential diagnosis

AU - Nowak, Johannes

AU - Seidel, Carolin

AU - Pietsch, Torsten

AU - Friedrich, Carsten

AU - von Hoff, Katja

AU - Rutkowski, Stefan

AU - Warmuth-Metz, Monika

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AB - Ependymoblastoma (EBL) is a rare malignant CNS tumor of early childhood, listed as a subgroup of primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) in the 2007 WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. Histologically, EBL can be defined by multilayered, mitotically active "ependymoblastic" rosettes with central lumen as a histological hallmark. The prognosis seems to be far inferior to other embryonal CNS tumors, and known clinical and MRI characteristics of EBL are based on scattered case reports. We present and discuss two uncommon cases of histopathologically confirmed ependymoblastoma that both seem to originate from the brainstem.

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KW - Cranial Nerve Diseases

KW - Diagnosis, Differential

KW - Diagnostic Errors

KW - Fatal Outcome

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Hydrocephalus

KW - Infant

KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

KW - Male

KW - Medulloblastoma

KW - Neoplasm Invasiveness

KW - Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive

KW - Paresis

KW - Pons

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