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Cerebellopontine angle medulloblastoma

Nyanaveelan M 1 , Azmi A 1 , Saffari M 1 , Banu SK 2 , Suryati MY 3 , Jeyaledchumy M 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang 51200, Kuala Lumpur
  • 2 Department of Pathology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang 51200, Kuala Lumpur
  • 3 Department of Pathology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang 51200, Kuala Lumpur
  • 4 Department of Radiology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang 51200, Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 2007 Jun;62(2):173-4.
PMID: 18705459 MyJurnal

Abstract

An extremely rare case of a right cerebellopontine angle medulloblastoma in a five year old Malay girl which had eroded into the petrous bone and extended into the temporal fossa is reported. Combined subtemporal and retromastoid approach to achieve gross total surgical resection was achieved followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

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