Medulloblastoma
A rare embryonic tumor of the neuroepithelial tissue characterized clinically by increased intracranial pressure and cerebellar dysfunction with the most common presenting symptoms being headache vomiting and ataxia. The disease can be classified according to histological (classic anaplastic large-cell or desmoplatic medulloblastoma or medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity) and molecular criteria (WNT-activated sonic-hedgehog-activated group 3 group 4).
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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orphadata.org. Data version April 2024
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