Ewing's Sarcoma peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Fourth ventricle ependymoma:

Usually arises from the floor of the 4th ventricle

Typically squeezes out the foramen of Luschka.

Chen et al. encountered a patient with medulloblastoma in which the neuroimaging findings mimicked those of dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma. In patients with a posterior fossa tumor suggestive of a dysplastic gangliocytoma on neuroimaging studies, a pathologic confirmation is necessary 1).


1)
Chen KS, Hung PC, Wang HS, Jung SM, Ng SH. Medulloblastoma or cerebellar dysplastic gangliocytoma (Lhermitte-Duclos disease)? Pediatr Neurol. 2002 Nov;27(5):404-6. PubMed PMID: 12504212.
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