1Histopathology Department, Directorate General of Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman
2Division of Pathology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Department of Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
American Journal of Medical Case Reports.
2021,
Vol. 9 No. 1, 71-74
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-1-18
Copyright © 2020 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Simin Laiq, Jaragh M, Ginsberg H, David G Munoz. Adult Large Cell/Anaplastic Medulloblastoma with Myogenic Differentiation: Case Report with Molecular Analysis.
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(1):71-74. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-1-18.
Correspondence to: Ginsberg H, Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Department of Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Email:
Abstract
Medulloblastoma with myogenic differentiation (MMD), previously termed medullomyoblastoma, is a distinctive subtype of medulloblastoma. It is an uncommon neoplasm in children and very rare in adults, with oldest reported case being 49-years of age. We present a case of large cell/anaplastic medulloblastoma with myogenic differentiation arising in the right cerebellar hemisphere of a 54-year-old man treated by surgical resection and radiotherapy. Despite C-MYC amplification in the tumor, he survived tumor-free for nearly 2 years (726 days), which greatly exceeded the expected total survival. His death was attributed to complications of treatment rather than recurrence.
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