Early diffuse leptomeningeal primitive neuroectodermal tumors can escape detection by magnetic resonance imaging

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 398-401

  Ebinger, F ^a   Bruhl K ^b   Gutjahr, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffuse leptomeningeal neoplasia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor; Pseudotumor cerebri; Sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

EID: 0343628716     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810000297     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Allen JC, Epstein F (1982) Medulloblastoma and other primary malignant neuroectodermal tumors of the CNS. J Neurosurg 57:446-451
2. Bailey OT (1936) Relation of glioma of the leptomeninges to neuroglia nests. Report of a case of astrocytoma of the leptomeninges. Arch Pathol 21:584-600
3. Bailey P, Cushing H (1925) Medulloblastoma cerebelli: a common type of midcerebellar glioma of childhood. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 14:192-223
4. Bailey P, Robitaille Y (1985) Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis. Can J Neurol Sci 12:278-281
5. Chamberlain MC (1995) A review of leptomeningeal metastases in pediatrics. J Child Neurol 10:191-199
6. Chen R, Macdonald DR, Ramsay DA (1995) Primary diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendroglioma. J Neurosurg 83:724-728
7. Connor CL, Cushing H (1927) Diffuse tumors of the leptomeninges. Arch Pathol Lab Med 3:374-392
8. Cooper IS, Kernohan JW (1951) Heterotopic glial nests in the subarachnoid space: histopathologic characteristics, mode of origin and relation to meningeal gliomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 10:16-29
9. Dietrich PY, Aapro MS, Rieder A, Pizzolato GP (1993) Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis (PDLG): a neoplastic cause of chronic meningitis. J Neurooncol 15:275-283
10. Dirks PB, Harris L, Hoffman HJ, Humphreys RP, Drake JM, Rutka JT (1996) Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors in children. J Neurooncol 29:75-84
11. Eggenberger ER, Miller NR, Vitale S (1996) Lumboperitoneal shunt for the treatment of pseudotumor cerebri. Neurology 46:1524-1530
12. Fujii M, Orita T, Nishizaki T, Aoki H, Tanaka K (1991) Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the leptomeninges. Neuroradiology 33:260-263
13. Gentet JC, Bouffet E, Doz F, Tron P, Roche H, Thyss A, Plantaz D, Stephan JL, Mottolese C, Ponvert D, Carrie C, Raybaud C, Brunat-Mentigny M, Choux M, Philip T, Zucker JM, Bernard JL (1995) Preirradiation chemotherapy including "eight drugs in 1 day" regimen and high-dose methotrexate in childhood medulloblastoma: results of the M7 French cooperative study. J Neurosurg 82:608-614
14. Gills JP, Kapp JP, Odom GL (1967) Benign intracranial hypertension. Arch Ophthalniol 78:592-595
15. Grabb PA, Albright AL, Pang D (1992) Dissemination of supratentorial malignant gliomas via the cerebrospinal fluid in children. Neurosurgery 30:64-71
16. Hart MN, Earle KM (1973) Primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the brain in children. Cancer 32:890-897
17. Ho KL, Hoschner JA, Wolfe DE (1981) Primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis. Arch Neurol 38:662-666
18. Hoppe-Hirsch E, Renier D, Lellouch-Tupiana A, Sainte-Rose C, Pierre-Kahn A, Hirsch JF (1990) Medulloblastoma in childhood: progressive intellectual deterioration. Child's Nerv Syst 6:60-65
19. Jennings MT, Slatkin N, D'Angelo M, Ketonen L, Johnson MD, Rosenblum M, Creasy J, Tulipan N, Walker R (1993) Neoplastic meningitis as the presentation of occult primitive neuroectodermal tumors. J Child Neurol 8:306-312
20. Johnston I, Hawke S, Halmagyi M, Teo C (1991) The pseudotumor syndrome. Arch Neurol 48:740-747
21. Kellie SJ, Kovnar EH, Kun LE. Horowitz ME, Heideman RL, Douglass EC, Langston JW, Sanford RA, Jenkins JJ, Fairclough DL, Ogle L (1992) Neuraxis dissemination in pediatric brain tumors. Cancer 69:1061-1066
22. Kitahara M, Katakura R, Wada T, Namiki T, Suzuki J (1985) Diffuse form of primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis. J Neurosurg 63:283-287
23. Korein J, Feigin I, Shapiro MF (1957) Oligodendrogliomatosis with intracranial hypertension. Neurology 7:589-594
24. Little JR, Dale AJD, Okazaki H (1974) Meningeal carcinomatosis. Arch Neurol 30:138-143
25. Meyers SP, Kemp SS, Tarr RW (1992) MR imaging features of medulloblastomas. Am J Radiol 158:859-865
26. Olson ME, Chernik NL, Posner JB (1974) Infiltration of the leptomeninges by systemic cancer. Arch Neurol 30:122-137
27. Packer RJ, Schut L, Siegel KR (1987) Dissemination of primary central nervous system tumors of childhood: incidence and clinical implications. Prog Exp Tumor Res 30:206-214
28. Ray BS, Dunbar HS (1951) Thrombosis of the durai venous sinuses as a cause of "pseudotumor cerebri", Ann Surg 134:376-386
29. Rogers LR, Estes ML, Rosenbloom SA, Harrold L (1995) Primary leptomeningeal oligodendroglioma: case report. Neurosurgery 36:166-169
30. Rorke LB (1983) The cerebellar medulloblastoma and its relationship to primitive neuroectodermal tumors. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 42:1-15
31. Schiffer D (1997) Brain tumors, 2nd edn. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
32. Sumi SM, Leffman H (1968) Primary intracranial leptomeningeal glioma with persistent hypoglycorrhachia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 31:190-194
33. Szepan B, Gullotta F (1974) Zur diffusen Glioblastose der weichen Häute. Neurochirurgia 17:170-175
34. Tomita T, McLone DG, Yasue M (1988) Cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumors in childhood. J Neurooncol 6:233-243
35. Tortori-Donati P, Fondelli MP, Rossi A, Cama A, Caputo L, Andreussi L, Garré ML (1996) Medulloblastoma in children: CT and MRI findings. Neuroradiology 38:352-359
36. Wada C, Kurata A, Hirose R, Tazaki Y, Kan S, Ishihara Y, Kameya T (1986) Primary leptomeningeal ependymoblastoma. J Neurosurg 64:968-973
37. Whelan HT, Mastri AR (1984) Primary diffuse meningeal gliomatosis in children. Ann Neurol 16:391
38. Yung WKA, Horten BC. Shapiro WR (1980) Meningeal gliomatosis: a review of 12 cases. Ann Neurol 8:605-608