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?Department of Radiotherapy
PGIMER, Chandigarh
Management of
Medulloblastomas
Introduction
Introduction
Medulloblastomas are the most common type of primary
CNS neoplasm occurring in the posterior fossa in childhood.
These tumors arecharacterized by:

Young age at presentation
High intrinsic radiosensitivity
Propensity for intracranial spread via the CSF pathways
Potential for metastatic spread

History
History
First described by Harvey Cushing and
Percival Bailey in 1930

At that time this tumor was described
variously \u2013 sarcoma, neuroblastoma and
neurocytoma.

Initially described as \u201cspongioblastoma
cerebelli\u201d - a soft, suckable tumor usually
arising in the vermis of cerebellum

In 1925, changed name to
medulloblastoma \u2013 from \u201cmedulloblast\u201d -
a hypothetical multipotent cell

Percival Bailey
Harvey Cushing
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