title: Oligodendroglioma of the "widespread" type in the spinal cord.
abstract: The authors present clinical, radiological, and pathological features of the "widespread" type of primary spinal oligodendroglioma arising in a 12-year-old boy. The initial symptoms were gait disturbance, hypesthesia of the lower trunk, and scoliosis. Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intramedullary tumor with syringomyelia. The tumor spread rapidly in a "widespread" pattern within the spinal cord between C7 and T12. One year after surgery the patient had made a poor neurological recovery despite the two-stage tumor resection. Only five cases of widespread tumors, including our case, have been described with discussion of their clinical manifestations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Japan. ushidat-koc@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ushida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sonobe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizobuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology