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Neuropediatrics 1979; 10(3): 296-300
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1085332
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© 1979 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Shunt Metastases in Posterior Fossa Tumors

Rainer W. Oberbauer1 , Hans Tritthart1 , Peter W. Ascher1 , Gerhard F. Walter2 , H. Becker2
  • 1University Clinic for Neurosurgery in Graz
  • 2Institute for Pathologic Anatomy in Graz
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1978

1978

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18 November 2008 (online)

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Permanent (CSF-drainages for treatment of hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumors have been used in the last few years, increasingly. The rare incidence of extracranial metastases and it's higher frequency in the same period of time has been remarkable. An additional case of metastasis via ventriculoperitoneal shunt is presented. Such deleterious complications of malignant CNS-tumors should be avoided, as progressively improving results with combined radio-chemotherapy have established a more encouraging prognosis.

Posterior fossa tumors - hydrocephalus - ventricular drainage - extracranial metastases