Metastatic Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma to the Peritoneal Cavity Via Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: Case Report and Literature Review

Metastatic Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma to the Peritoneal Cavity Via Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: Case Report and Literature Review

Extraneural metastatic disease resulting from a primary central nervous system neoplasm is a rare clinical finding in the pediatric population. We report a case of peritoneal glioblastoma carcinomatosis following placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and chemoradiotherapy in a 6-year-old female...

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Main Authors: Barajas, Ramon Francisco, Phelps, Andrew, Foster, Hallee C., Courtier, Jesse, Buelow, Benjamin D., Gupta, Nalin, Nicolaides, Theodore, Glenn, Orit A., Banerjee, Anuradha
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520967/

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