Abstract:It could be difficult to diagnose recurrent medulloblastoma with conventional diagnostic tools because other lesions mimic relapse of the tumor from both a morphological and radiological standpoint, particularly when it happens late. We report two medulloblastoma cases, both of which seemed to develop late-recurrence more than 5 years from the initial surgery. Genome-wide methylation analysis revealed that one of the recurrent tumors was in fact a radiation-induced glioblastoma. The first patient was a 6-year-… Show more
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