title: Intraspinal neoplasms in children.
abstract: Twenty-nine primary intraspinal neoplasms in children observed between 1936  and 1975 in Connecticut are reviewed. Most of them were gliomas: 45 per cent astrocytoma, 24 per cent ependymal neoplasm, 10 per cent glioblastoma multiforme and 7 per cent glioma. Symptoms, physical findings and therapy are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003237:Connecticut; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D005910:Glioma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology