e14529 Background: Medulloblastoma (MB) is a malignant neuroectodermal tumor accounting for 30% of pediatric and only 1% of adult brain tumors. In previous studies comparing survival in pediatric and adult MB from the National Cancer Institute Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database no difference has been found. However, diagnostic subgroup analyses have been limited. Methods: We examined survival in children (age 0-19) and adults (20-79) coded as MB in the 2018 SEER database (2000-2016). We used Kaplan Meier analysis, log-rank test and Cox proportional hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). MB in SEER-18 is defined as ICD-O-3 histology codes 9470–9474 (n = 1,728). ICD 9473, supratentorial PNET (sPNET, n = 97) is biologically distinct and therefore it was analyzed separately. Results: We found that 5-year survival for MB, excluding sPNET, was similar in children (n = 1,091, 75.3%) and adults (n = 488, 79.1%) (HR = 0.97, CI: 0.79 – 1.17, p = 0.50). Furthermore, subtype analyses showed no survival difference comparing adults and children with desmoplastic nodular MB (n = 222, p = 0.09), large cell MB (n = 73, p = 0.46), or MB NOS (n = 1330, p = 0.10). Yet, children with sPNET had improved 5-year survival (n = 65, 72.3%) compared to adults (n = 29, 51.7%) (HR = 2.0, CI: 1.10 – 3.92; p = 0.02,). These findings indicate that while survival in patients with MB is similar across age groups, children with sPNET have improved outcomes. Conclusions: In summary, 2018 SEER data for MB continue to show no survival difference between adults and children, suggesting adult patients could appropriately be entered on pediatric MB treatment protocols. Further analyses of the 2018 data are ongoing adjusting for sex, race, and treatment (chemotherapy or radiation). For sPNET, the apparent improved outcomes for children merit further detailed investigation and will be re-evaluated using the new 2016 World Health Organization classification.

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has been defined as a sudden/unexpected, witnessed/unwitnessed, nontraumatic, and nondrowning death in epileptic patients with/without seizure evidence and documented status epilepticus. Identified as the leading cause of epilepsy-related deaths, SUDEP cases are highly unrecognized and underreported due to diagnostic difficulty. We report a case of a successfully revived hemodialysis patient who developed cardiopulmonary arrest after a witnessed convulsive seizure. Electroencephalogram revealed epileptic abnormalities. Therefore, this case could be seizure-induced cardiopulmonary arrest and near-SUDEP. Hence, the possibility of SUDEP should be considered even in hemodialysis patients having conventional coronary risk factors for sudden cardiac death.

Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common high-grade primary brain malignancy in children and accounts for 1% of adult brain tumors. Previous studies have compared survival in pediatric and adult MB from the National Cancer Institute Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database finding no difference. However, diagnostic subgroup analyses are limited. We examined survival in children (age 0–19) and adults (20–79) coded as MB in the 2018 SEER database (2000–2016), using Kaplan Meier analysis, log-rank test and Cox proportional hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).). MB in SEER-18 is defined as ICD-O-3 histology codes 9470–9474 (n=1,728). ICD 9473, supratentorial PNET (sPNET, n=97) is biologically distinct so was analyzed separately. 5-year survival for MB, excluding sPNET, was similar in children (n = 1,091, 75.3%) and adults (n= 488, 79.1%) (HR=0.97, CI: 0.79 – 1.17, p=0.50). Subtype analyses showed no survival difference comparing adults and children with desmoplastic nodular MB (n=222, p=0.09), large cell MB (n=73, p=0.46), or MB NOS (n=1330, p=0.10). In contrast, children with sPNET had improved survival (n=65, 72.3%) compared to adults (n=29, 51.7%) (HR = 2.0, CI: 1.10 – 3.92; p=0.02,). In conclusion, 2018 SEER data for MB continue to show no survival difference between adults and children, suggesting adult patients could appropriately be entered on pediatric MB treatment protocols. Further analyses of the 2018 data are ongoing adjusting for sex, race, and treatment. Comparison of adults and children with MB and sPNET will be re-evaluated using the new 2016 World Health Organization classification.

We herein report two cases of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea associated with lung infiltrates. One patient presented with symptomatic non-resolving pneumonia, while the other was asymptomatic. In both cases, the lung infiltrates completely resolved when CSF leakage had subsided. Pulmonary involvement in CSF rhinorrhea is under-recognized, and despite being the definitive treatment, surgery for CSF rhinorrhea is typically postponed due to the presence of lung infiltrates. However, meningitis is a serious complication due to a delay in surgical management. Physicians should be made aware that CSF rhinorrhea is a potential cause of intractable lung infiltrates.