title: Primary intraspinal ganglioneuroblastoma of the thoracic spine: a rare case report.
abstract: Cerebral ganglioneuroblastoma is an embryonal tumor of the central nervous system, which has been rarely encountered into the spinal cord. The standard treatment for ganglioneuroblastoma is complete surgical excision. A 15-year old boy was presented with cord compression. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intradural and intramedullar enhancing lesion over T2 spine. A histomorphological diagnosis was made in the presence of immature small round cells admixed with a good number of ganglion cells. The morphological diagnosis was verified by immunohistochemistry. This is the first reported case of compressive myelopathy in the thoracic region of the spine.
authors: Department of Pathology, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India.
authors: Kalpalata
authors: K
authors: Tripathy
authors: Aparijita
authors: A
authors: Misra
authors: Amiya K
authors: AK
authors: Gouda
authors: Srikant
authors: S
authors: Das
authors: Bidyutprava
authors: B
authors: Das
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D018305:Ganglioneuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D011859:Radiography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor