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A 2-month-old boy underwent surgery for removal of a right temporal melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy (MNTI). Histologically the tumor tissue showed signs of malignancy. The child was reexamined several times up to the age of 5 years. Neuroradiological evaluation showed no evidence of tumor recurrence or metastases. No resulting handicap was observed during neurological and psychological follow-up examination at the age of 5 years. Our findings confirm that surgical removal as the therapy of choice provides an excellent prognosis for this kind of tumor in spite of its histologically malignant appearance.
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Dammann, O., Hagel, C., Allers, B. et al. Malignant melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy. Child's Nerv Syst 11, 186–188 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00570263
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