Down syndrome complicated by brain tumors: case report and review of the literature

Brain Dev. 1992 Nov;14(6):396-400. doi: 10.1016/s0387-7604(12)80347-0.

Abstract

This report concerns a 24-year-old male patient with Down syndrome, complicated by a benign but true neoplastic lesion of a differentiated papilloma of the choroid plexus which simultaneously displayed a dysgenetic character. A review of the literature revealed a lack of single case reports of Down syndrome with brain tumors, which may reflect chance occurrence; however, the brain tumors in Down syndrome patients are characterized by their dysontogenetic or dysgenetic character.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Autopsy
  • Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / complications*
  • Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Down Syndrome / complications*
  • Down Syndrome / pathology
  • Ependymoma / complications*
  • Ependymoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Ependymoma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed