Rosenfeld J V, Murphy M A, Chow C W
Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
J Neurosurg. 1990 Aug;73(2):287-90. doi: 10.3171/jns.1990.73.2.0287.
A case is reported of implantation metastasis occurring 2 months after stereotactic biopsy of a pineoblastoma was performed in an 18-month-old child. Although implantation metastasis is well recognized after needle biopsy of solid tumors, it has not been described following stereotactic biopsy of a brain tumor. Implications for the role of stereotactic biopsy in the management of brain tumors is discussed.
