Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
An 8 year-old boy with a mass in the posterior fossa.
Clinical information: The patient was an 8 year-old boy with two weeks history of headaches, nausea, vomiting, lethargy and fall to the right. A large, enhancing heterogeneous mass was demonstrated on MRI in the left cerebellar hemisphere with mass effect on the fourth ventricle. Mild hydrocephalus was also noted. The mass was excised. Representative images are shown as follow:
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to see pictures. Syn: synaptophysin; NFP: neurofilament proteins; GFAP: glial
fibrillary acidic protein
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