A 10 year old boy presents with midline swelling arising from cerebellum the diagnosis is –
Correct Answer: Medulloblastoma
Description: Midline swelling arising from cerebellum in a child favour the diagnosis of medulloblastoma.
Robbin's states
"In children medulloblastomas are located in midline but in adults they are found in lateral locations".
Note -
Astrocytoma is also a posterior fossa tumor, but it does not commonly present as midline mass.
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