Craniospinal dissemination in teratocarcinosarcoma.
There have been fewer than 60 cases of malignant teratocarcinosarcoma (TCS) described in the literature, usually arising in the nose and paranasal sinuses. The authors report on a patient who presented with neurological symptoms caused by a frontal lobe TCS, and in whom widespread spinal tumor dissemination developed. In rare cases, TCSs can occur with a predominantly cranial and neurological presentation and spread to the spinal canal.
Tchoyoson Lim
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Department of Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore. tchoyoson_lim@nni.com.sg
Thiagarajan
Anuradha
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Sim
Chee Seng
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Khoo
Mark L
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Shakespeare
Thomas P
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Ng
Ivan
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018243:Teratocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*