American Journal of Neuroradiology 24:109-111, January 2003
© 2003 American Society of Neuroradiology
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Imaging Findings Associated with Childhood Primary Intracranial Squamous Cell Carcinoma
a Division of Neuroradiology and the Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
b Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
c Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
d Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Address reprint requests to Suresh Mukherji, MD, Chief of Neuroradiology, University of Michigan Heath System, Department of Radiology B2B3110030, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Summary: A 5-year-old girl with no preexisting systemic or CNS neoplasm presented with a large right temporal mass lesion, the histopathology of which proved to be a poorly differentiated adenosquamous carcinoma, a highly unusual primary intracranial tumor. The tumor recurred despite radical resection, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.