Disseminated Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumour in a Boy: Uncommon Presentation of a Rare and Highly Aggressive Tumour of the Central Nervous System

WP Chu, KL Siu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14:97-101

Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour is a rare, highly aggressive tumour of the central nervous system, usually encountered in paediatric patients, and at presentation it is seldom disseminated. This report describes such a case in a 21-month-old boy.

中文摘要

散播型非典型畸胎瘤／橫紋肌樣瘤： 一名男童中樞神經系統內高度惡性罕見腫瘤

朱惠邦、蕭廣樂

非典型畸胎瘤／橫紋肌樣瘤是中樞神經系統一個罕見及高度惡性的腫瘤，通常在孩童出現，出現症 狀時一般沒有散播。本文報告一名21月齡的男孩患有散播型非典型畸胎瘤／橫紋肌樣瘤。