title: Intraspinal tumors in children presenting primarily with hip symptoms: a report of three cases.
abstract: Although intraspinal tumors in children are better understood now than in the past, there is still a considerable delay between onset of symptoms and diagnosis because of the varied initial clinical presentations. Intraspinal tumors presenting primarily with hip pathology have not been described. The purpose of this article is to report on three children who presented with symptoms referable to the hip. Two of these children also had operation to correct the hip pathology. All three subsequently were diagnosed as having intraspinal tumors.
authors.affiliation: Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, DE 19803.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ghiragossian
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: MacEwen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Longnecker
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*