title: Congenital intramedullary spinal cord tumours: a report of two cases.
abstract: We present two different cases of congenital intramedullary tumours, one of a patient in whom treatment was started without pathological confirmation of a malignant tumour and the other of a primitive neuroectodermal tumour. Magnetic resonance imaging is the most useful tool in the diagnosis of malignant intramedullary tumours and differentiation from other types of spinal cord lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warszawa.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sobieniecka
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jurkiewicz
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Czech-Kowalska
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bekiesińska-Figatowska
authors.forename: Wiesława
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grajkowska
authors.forename: Bożenna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dembowska-Bagińska
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brożyna
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dobrzańska
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perek
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pakuła-Kościesza
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Malczyk
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D018242:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery