title: A primary spinal extradural atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the cervical spine with bony involvement.
abstract: Primary spinal atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors are extremely rare and most commonly occur as intramedural or extramedural intradural. The location of extradural type is rarely reported. A 10-year-old girl presented with a 2-month history of nape pain. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an extradural tumor from C2-C5 with bony destruction of the C3 vertebral body. Subtotal removal of the tumor was performed and atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor was proven histologically. But 2 months after surgery, the neck pain became worse. There were metastasic lesions in bilateral lung fields and multiple enlarged lymph nodes around the carotid sheath. She died 8 months after the initial symptoms. The present case is the third detailed report of spinal extradural. We describe the CT and MRI findings of this case and review the literature describing this rare disease.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Radiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jingtao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Chuanshuai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Xiangshan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Bao-rui
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000071443:12E7 Antigen; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018335:Rhabdoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000071443:12E7 Antigen; D015703:Antigens, CD; C061828:CD99 protein, human; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules
keywords: atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor; magnetic resonance imaging; tomography