CEREBRAL PRIMITIVE NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT WITH LONG-TERM SURVIVAL

Authors
TAKEUCHI H KABUTO M SATO K KUBOTA T
Citation
H. Takeuchi et al., CEREBRAL PRIMITIVE NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT WITH LONG-TERM SURVIVAL, Journal of clinical neuroscience, 5(4), 1998, pp. 466-469
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of clinical neuroscience → ACNP
ISSN journal
09675868
Volume
5
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
466 - 469
Database
ISI
SICI code
0967-5868(1998)5:4<466:CPNTIA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNET) in the cerebral hemispheres p redominantly occur in early life. The mean survival from the time of d iagnosis is approximately 8 months. Only 18 cases in patients older th an 15 years have been described. There have been no cases of PNET in a patient older than 65 years. We describe a case of PNET in a 69-year- old man without recurrence 30 months postoperatively following radioth erapy and carboplatin chemotherapy.