Oligodendroglioma of the "widespread" type in the spinal cord.
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.
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Japan. ushidat-koc@umin.ac.jp
Sonobe
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Mizobuchi
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Toda
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Tani
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Yamamoto
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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