Rare Brain Tumor in a Neonate

Shih-Huan Chen; Che-Sheng Ho; Nan-Chang Chiu; Hui-Ju Chen; Yi-Jie Lin

doi:10.1016/j.jmu.2017.09.004

Rare Brain Tumor in a Neonate

J Med Ultrasound. 2017 Oct-Dec;25(4):240-243. doi: 10.1016/j.jmu.2017.09.004. Epub 2017 Oct 28.

Authors

Shih-Huan Chen¹, Che-Sheng Ho^{1

2}, Nan-Chang Chiu^{1

2}, Hui-Ju Chen¹, Yi-Jie Lin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Neurology, MacKay Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, Taiwan.

Abstract

Neonatal brain tumor is rare and its outcome is generally poor. We reported a 17-day-old neonate presented as enlarged head girth. The pathological finding showed an embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes.

Keywords: Brain tumors; ETMR; Neonate; Ultrasonography.

Publication types

Case Reports