Paper II — 2024 June (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) — Q17

Paper II

2024 June (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

Name the childhood tumor that occurs exclusively in the cerebellum

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Answer

Medulloblastoma — an embryonal tumour that arises exclusively in the cerebellum, most common in children, characterized by sheets of small round blue cells with a high nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio, occasional Homer-Wright rosettes, and a highly aggressive but radiosensitive clinical course.

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