CASE REPORT
Introdução: o meduloblastoma é raro na idade adulta. A localização primária no ângulo pontocerebelar é pouco relatada na literatura. Relato do caso: paciente de 22 anos de idade, masculino, com história de vertigem e zumbidos associado a cefaleia. Submetido à ressonância magnética do crânio que demonstrou lesão expansiva no ângulo pontocerebelar direito. Resultado: submetido a craniectomia suboccipital direita e exérese total da lesão. Resultado do exame anatomopatológico foi de meduloblastoma nodular desmoplásico. Conclusão: devemos considerar a possibilidade de meduloblastoma no diagnóstico diferencial em lesões que envolvem o ângulo pontocerebelar.
Introduction: medulloblastoma is rare in adulthood. The primary location in the cerebellopontine angle has few reports in the literature. Case presentation: a 22-year-old male patient with a history of vertigo and tinnitus associated with headache is reported. He was submitted to magnetic resonance imaging of the skull and an expansive lesion at the right cerebellopontine angle was found. Results: right suboccipital craniectomy and total lesion excision were performed. Diagnosis was set as Desmoplastic/nodular medulloblastoma. Conclusion: we should consider the possibility of diagnosis of medulloblastoma in the differential diagnosis in lesions involving the cerebellopontine angle.
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(1) MD, Head of the Neurosurgery Medical Residency, Fundação Beneficência Hospital de Cirurgia, Aracaju (SE), Brazil.
(2) Neurosurgeon, Hospital de Urgência de Sergipe – HUSE, Aracaju (SE), Brazil.
(3) MD, Pathogist, Fundação Beneficência Hospital Cirurgia, Aracaju (SE), Brazil.
(4) MD, MR, Medical Residency in Neurosurgery, Fundação Beneficência Hospital de Cirurgia, Aracaju (SE), Brazil.
(5) MD, PhD, Preceptor at Neurosurgery Service, Fundação Beneficência Hospital de Cirurgia, Aracaju (SE), Brazil.
(6) Neurosurgeon, Hospital de Urgência de Sergipe – HUSE, Aracaju (SE), Brazil.
Received Mar 7, 2019
Accepted Mar 31, 2022
