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Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma ventricular peritoneal shunt metastasis: a case report and literature review

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Dissemination of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) outside the central nervous system is exceptional. Here, we present a child diagnosed with DIPG who developed seeding along the track of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt and review the literature on this unusual occurrence.

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  1. Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Chloé Louise Gelder & Peter Dirks

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Cynthia Hawkins

  3. Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5H 1X8, Canada

    Michal Zapotocky, Ute Bartels & Eric Bouffet

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Gelder, C.L., Hawkins, C., Zapotocky, M. et al. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma ventricular peritoneal shunt metastasis: a case report and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst 35, 861–864 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04069-4

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