title: Cervical dumbbell ganglioneuroma in an eighteen month old child. A case report.
abstract: Dumbbell neurogenic tumors are unusual in children. The authors report an extremely rare case of cervical intraspinal ganglioneuroma with a contiguous paravertebral component in an eighteen month old female patient. Both the intraspinal and the extraspinal parts of the dumbbell tumor were totally removed during the same surgical session. A laminotomy was performed rather than a laminectomy in order to avoid postoperative spinal column deformation. The authors emphasize the importance of an early diagnosis in preventing irreversible neurosurgical abnormalities and for achieving better surgical results.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Santobono Pediatric Hospital, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dorato
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Trischitta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Civetta
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed