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Medulloblastoma with Extensive Nodularity: Single Photon Emission CT Study with Iodine-123 Metaiodobenzylguanidine

Overview
Journal AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
Specialty Neurology
Date 2002 Oct 10
PMID 12372749
Citations 3
Authors
Yuichiro Naitoh
Toshio Sasajima
Hiroyuki Kinouchi
Shigeki Mikawa
Kazuo Mizoi
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Abstract

We present the case of an infant with medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity, which had been called cerebellar neuroblastoma. MR imaging clearly revealed a nodular enhancement, which appeared as a grape-like lesion. Single photon emission CT revealed markedly high iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake in the enhancing tumor. Iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine single photon emission CT may be useful in the diagnosis of medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity, which has been considered to be a subgroup of medulloblastoma with extensive neuronal differentiation.

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