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A 7-year-old girl with recurrent episodes of abdominal pain, seizures, and loss of vision: Primary diffuse leptomeningeal primitive neuroectodermal tumor masquerading as chronic meningitis.
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Neurology India . Sep/Oct2015, Vol. 63 Issue 5, p736-742. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The article describes the case of a 7-year-old female child who was admitted to a private institution with severe abdominal pain and generalized tonic-clonic seizures. She was diagnosed with primary diffuse leptomeningeal (PDL) supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (sPNET) based on the biopsy and pathological findings obtained after performing various tests on the girl. The girl received a palliative chemotherapy treatment after being referred to the oncology department. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00283886
- Volume :
- 63
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Neurology India
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 110247417
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0028-3886.166552