小児小脳膠芽腫の1例

A Case of Primary Cerebellar Glioblastoma in Childhood

Ⅰ．はじめに

　小児小脳原発膠芽腫は極めて稀で，過去に19例の報告があるに過ぎない^2-12,14）．今回われわれは10カ月の経過で死亡した7歳の小脳から脳幹部にかけての膠芽腫症例を経験したので文献的考察を加えて報告する．

Primary cerebellar glioblastomas are exceedingly rare in childhood, with only 19 cases having been reported. We treated a 7-year-old girl with primary cerebellar glioblastoma, who rapidly deteriorated due to cerebrospinal fluid dis-semination. The 7-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital with a history of headache for one month. On admission, in-creased intracranial pressure and left cerebellar signs were observed. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a ring-enhanced mass in the left cerebellar hemisphere and a low intensity lesion in the pons.