[Spinal cord tumor with meningeal invasiveness revealed by intracranial hypertension syndrome].
The association of hydrocephalus and intramedullary spinal-cord tumor with leptomeningeal spread is described in a 20 month-old boy. The pathogenesis of increased intracranial pressure in spinal cord tumor is discussed. Meningeal gliomatosis is rare and is more often observed in the follow-up of cerebral gliomas. It exceptionally occurs in patients without known cerebral or spinal tumor. Such a tumor often occurs in young patients and has a poor prognosis.
Mancini
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J
Service de neurologie pédiatrique, CHU La Timone-Enfants, Marseille, France.
Chabrol
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B
Lena
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Gentet
J C
JC
Livet
M O
MO
Pinsard
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N
D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tumeur médullaire avec envahissement méningé révélée par un syndrome d'hypertension intracrânienne.