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Calvarial and extracranial metastases by hematogenous spread of primary intracranial neoplasms have been considered a rare occurrence. This report deals with the clinicopathological and radiological findings of a child with metastatic medulloblastoma. Correlation of serial postoperative computed tomography (CT) scans and the autopsy examination indicated hematogenous calvarial and intracranial spread of the primary lesion.
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Palacios, E., Shannon, M. & Fine, M. Unusual metastases from a medulloblastoma: Case report. Neuroradiology 17, 219–222 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00342752
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