title: Intramedullary spinal cord gangliocytoma: case report and a review of the literature.
abstract: We present a case of intramedullary spinal gangliocytoma in a 19-year-old woman who presented with a long history of hyperhidrosis of the face and neck areas and intermittent pain of the hands. The tumor involved the cervico-thoracic region of the spinal cord from C7-T3. The patient underwent debulking of the lesion and remains neurologically stable at two years follow-up. A discussion of this case is followed by a review of the literature surrounding this rare clinicopathological entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Aaron A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cohen-Gadol
authors.forename: Bernd W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Scheithauer
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Krauss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000209:etiology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
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