Polar spongioblastoma of the cervical spinal cord: case report.
Polar spongioblastomas are rare, histologically distinctive glial neoplasms that have been reported to involve the brain stem, third ventricle, aqueduct, and fourth ventricle. In this case report we describe a polar spongioblastoma of the cervical spinal cord in a patient who has survived 2 1/2 years without evidence of recurrent neoplasm.
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery