The occurrence of different types of spinal tumours in one patient. A case report and review of the literature.
Three histologically different types of spinal tumours were found in a 16-year old girl. Each tumour was detected independently at a distant region. They were two intramedullary ependymomas at C3 and T2, two schwannomas at the C6 and C7 root, and one intradural meningioma at T7. All tumours were successfully removed by a two-stage operation without adding neurological deficits. In this paper the findings of metrizamide myelography, metrizamide CT, intravenous enhanced CT and MRI are presented. The application of these various neuroradiological methods made it possible to confirm the precise location and the nature of the tumour in order to operate safely.
Nishiura
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Department of Neurosurgery, Ohtsu Municipal Hospital, Shiga-ken, Japan.
Koyama
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Tanaka
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Aii
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Amano
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D000293:Adolescent; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000601:surgery*