Leptomeningeal dissemination of spinal pilocytic astrocytoma: a rare entity

Eilidh Bell; Avinash Kumar Kanodia; Buddhi Gunaratne; Angela Edgar

doi:10.1136/bcr-2018-226955

Leptomeningeal dissemination of spinal pilocytic astrocytoma: a rare entity

Eilidh Bell, Avinash Kumar Kanodia (Lead / Corresponding author), Buddhi Gunaratne, Angela Edgar

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Abstract

A currently 12-year-old boy presented at the age of 8 months with sleepiness, irritability and a tense fontanelle with upgaze palsy on a background of a 2-month history of vomiting, difficulty feeding and weight loss. Acute communicating hydrocephalus was diagnosed using ultrasonography and CT and treated with Ventriculo-Peritoneal shunt insertion. Further investigation with MRI (2006) found a thoracic intramedullary mass with further intracranial and spinal leptomeningeal dissemination (LD) (figures 1 and 2). A biopsy of the thoracic intramedullary mass showed pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) (figure 3).

Original language	English
Article number	226955
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume	2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-226955
Publication status	Published - 28 Sept 2018

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hydrocephalus
neuroimaging
paediatric oncology

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Leptomeningeal dissemination of spinal pilocytic astrocytoma: a rare entity

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