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  • Title: Shunt metastases in posterior fossa tumors.
    Author: Oberbauer RW, Tritthart H, Ascher PW, Walter GF, Becker H.
    Journal: Neuropadiatrie; 1979 Aug; 10(3):296-300. PubMed ID: 583068.
    Abstract:
    Permanent (CSF-drainages for treatment of hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumors have been used in the last few years, increasingly. The rare incidence of extracranial metastases and it's higher frequency in the same period of time has been remarkable. An additional case of metastasis via ventriculoperitoneal shunt is presented. Such deleterious complications of malignant CNS-tumors should be avoided, as progressively improving results with combined radio-chemotherapy have established a more encouraging prognosis.
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