Three-dimensional reconstruction of melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy involving the occipital bone and dura

F A Raila; A D Parent; B A Ward; J D Fratkin

doi:10.1111/jon199772123

Three-dimensional reconstruction of melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy involving the occipital bone and dura

J Neuroimaging. 1997 Apr;7(2):123-6. doi: 10.1111/jon199772123.

Authors

F A Raila¹, A D Parent, B A Ward, J D Fratkin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA.

PMID: 9128455
DOI: 10.1111/jon199772123

Abstract

A rare case of melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy involving the right occipital bone in an 11-month-old infant is described. The bone tumor and its dural extension were surgically removed. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the tumor and brain from neuroimaging data added worthwhile information for preoperative planning. Microscopic examination revealed melanotic and neuroblastic tissue in a fibrillary matrix involving the expanded bone and superficial dura. A focal osteoblastic cranial mass in an infant should alert the clinician to consider this tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology
Dura Mater / pathology*
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Neuroectodermal Tumor, Melanotic / diagnosis*
Occipital Bone / pathology*
Skull Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods