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Organ: Brain, brainstem, cerebellum
Description:
Along the posterior aspect of the brainstem there is a greyish-yellowish, necrotic, fragile tumor. The tumor has obliterated part of the cerebellum and the fourth ventricle.
Diagnosis: Medulloblastoma
Risk factors:
- Young children
Theory:
Medulloblastoma is the most common CNS tumor in childhood. It has a poor prognosis as it is by definition a grade IV embryonal tumor.