Abstract
Herein, we present an adult case of medulloblastoma who received chemotherapy, radiation therapy and stem cell transplantation, and underwent multiple surgical resections for what were thought to be recurrences; however pathology confirmed a diagnosis of relapsing tumefactive lesions. This phenomenon seems to be a consequence of stem cell transplantation rather than a simple radiation treatment effect.
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This work was supported in part by grants from NIH 3P30CA023100-25S8 to S. Kesari
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Ali Mahta and Yan Qu are co-first authors.
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Mahta, A., Qu, Y., Nastic, D. et al. Relapsing Tumefactive Lesion in an Adult with Medulloblastoma Previously Treated with Chemoradiotherapy and Stem Cell Transplant. Pathol. Oncol. Res. 18, 539–543 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-011-9464-x
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