Atypical teratoid/ rhabdoid tumour in adult - A rare case report

Pratap Reddy T, Shitalkumar Surana, Manas Panigrahi, Sailaja M

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 Pratap Reddy T^1,*, Shitalkumar Surana¹, Manas Panigrahi² and Sailaja M³

¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

²Department of Neurosurgery, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

³Department of Laboratory Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. Pratap Reddy, M.D.(RT), FUICC(USA), Head of the department, Radiation Oncology, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India. Email: thammipratap@rediffmail.com

Received 30 January 2014; Revised 7 March 2014; Accepted 18 March 2014

Citation: Pratap Reddy T, Shitalkumar Surana, Manas Panigrahi, Sailaja M. Atypical teratoid/ rhabdoid tumour in adult - A rare case report. J Med Sci Res 2014; 2(2):72-75. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2014/2-014   

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Abstract

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour is a rare and very aggressive malignant embryonal tumour of central nervous system (CNS) seen in infancy and early childhood. The exact incidence of childhood CNS AT/RT is difficult to determine because this tumor as a separate entity has been widely recognized only the last decade. Historically these tumors, also known as malignant rhabdoid tumour, were commonly mistaken as primitive neuroectodermal tumors because of certain similar morphological features on histopathological examination.