Khan Muhammad Babar, Soares Delvene, Tahir Muhammad Zubair, Kumar Rajesh, Minhas Khurram, Bari Muhammad Ehsan
The Aga Khan University, Karachi.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2013 May;23(5):367-9.
Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy is a rare, mostly benign but locally aggressive tumour of neural crest cell origin occurring in infants. The most commonly affected anatomic site is the maxilla. Such tumours of the brain and skull are very rare. We present the case of an 8 months old baby girl whose presenting complaint was a swelling in the scalp for 6 months. She was otherwise asymptomatic. CT imaging confirmed the presence of an osteolytic tumour in the anterior parasagittal skull with dural involvement. The tumour was surgically excised enbloc. The patient has been well at 2 years follow-up without any evidence of recurrence.
婴儿黑色素性神经外胚层肿瘤是一种罕见的、大多为良性但具有局部侵袭性的肿瘤，起源于神经嵴细胞，发生于婴儿。最常受累的解剖部位是上颌骨。发生于脑和颅骨的此类肿瘤非常罕见。我们报告一例8个月大女婴的病例，其主要症状是头皮肿胀6个月。除此之外她没有任何症状。CT成像证实矢状窦旁颅骨前部存在溶骨性肿瘤并累及硬脑膜。肿瘤被整块手术切除。该患者在2年随访期情况良好，没有任何复发迹象。
