Spinal seeding of a pilocytic astrocytoma following multiple subtotal resections.
We report the case of a 4-year-old girl presenting with spinal and leptomeningeal dissemination following several subtotal resections of cerebellar pilocytic astrocytomas.
Zorlu
Faruk
F
Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Selek
Ugur
U
Akyuz
Canan
C
Ozturk
Arzu
A
Soylemezoglu
Figen
F
Akalan
Nejat
N
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae