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In children medulloblastoma is a commonly encountered posterior fossa midline tumour in which cystic degeneration is not uncommon [1–4]. A cystic medulloblastoma without solid component has, however, not been described. We report a 12-year-old boy with a posterior fossa midline cystic lesion on CT with surgical and histological confirmation of the diagnosis.
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Mahapatra, A.K., Paul, H.K. & Sarkar, C. Cystic medulloblastoma. Neuroradiology 31, 369–370 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344190
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