title: An epidural neuroblastoma causing spinal cord compression in a 67-year-old woman.
abstract: We report a case of disseminated neuroblastoma (NB) causing epidural spinal cord compression in a 67-year-old woman. Because NB is primarily a tumor of infancy and childhood, less is known about its clinical course and optimal treatment in adults. This patient was treated with a thoracic laminectomy and tumor resection; polychemotherapy with one cycle of vindesine, cisplatin, and etoposide; one cycle of vincristine, dacarbazine, ifosfamide, and doxorubicin; and radiotherapy to the spine. She remained able to walk but died 8.5 months later of diffuse systemic tumor progression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jost
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Ethan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taub
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mariani