Case Report

Cystic hemispheric medulloepithelioma

Jacqueline du Toit, Tracy Kilborn, Llewellyn Padayachy, Komala Pillay, Marc Hendricks
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 19, No 2 | a915 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v19i2.915 | © 2015 Jacqueline du Toit, Tracy Kilborn, Llewellyn Padayachy, Komala Pillay, Marc Hendricks | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 26 July 2015 | Published: 09 December 2015

About the author(s)

Jacqueline du Toit, Department of Radiology, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Tracy Kilborn, Department of Radiology, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Llewellyn Padayachy, Department of Neurosurgery, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Komala Pillay, Department of Pathology, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Marc Hendricks, Department of Oncology, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract

Medulloepithelioma is a rare primitive embryonal tumour of the central nervous system which typically occurs in early childhood. The histopathological appearance has been confused with primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNETs), but medulloepitheliomas have a more aggressive clinical course. Imaging typically demonstrates a well-circumscribed, poorly or non-enhancing solid mass, with cyst formation being infrequent. We report the imaging findings in a case of a cystic hemispheric medulloepithelioma. The importance of considering this diagnosis is discussed in view of the propensity to aggressive recurrence in subtotal resection.

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