Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma ventricular peritoneal shunt metastasis: a case report and literature review

Abstract

Dissemination of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) outside the central nervous system is exceptional. Here, we present a child diagnosed with DIPG who developed seeding along the track of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt and review the literature on this unusual occurrence.

Keywords

• Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
• Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt
• Extracranial metastasis