Primary intracranial yolk sac tumor in the posterior fossa: Case report of a child with Down syndrome

We report a case of intracranial YST originating from the posterior fossa dura mater. Although DS related intracranial GCTs tend to occur in atypical sites such as the basal ganglia, origination in the posterior fossa dura is extremely rare.

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - August 20, 2012 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Shogo Endo, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shunsuke Terasaka, Akihiro Iguchi, Yuko Cho, Junjiro Ohshima, Kanako Kubota, Kiyohiro Houkin Tags: Case reports Source Type: research