title: Extradural spinal cord and intraabdominal ganglioneuroblastoma.
abstract: We report a rare case of a giant extradural and intraabdominal ganglioneuroblastoma in a young Malay girl who presented to a paediatrician initially at 5 days of life with a palpable abdominal mass. Unfortunately, the parents refused any form of surgical intervention until the child was 3 years old. She subsequently underwent vascular embolisation followed by the removal of this large tumour both via the abdomen and through a laminectomy approach and subsequently refused chemotherapy. The c-myc amplication in this patient was absent and there were no chromosomal aberrations, During the 2 year folow-up the patient remained well, and ambulatory with no tumour recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kanakaraj
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zamzuri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohd Ghazali
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mahamood
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shafiee
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madhavan
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018305:Ganglioneuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011859:Radiography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery