title: Long-term cure of high-grade spinal cord glioma in a pediatric patient who underwent cordectomy.
abstract: High-grade spinal cord gliomas are rare and carry a poor prognosis. A number of treatment modalities exist for spinal cord gliomas, but no consensus exists regarding their management. Cordectomy represents a possible option for treating these lesions; however, few cases have been reported in adults, and none have been reported in the pediatric population. The authors describe the use of cordectomy for the treatment of a high-grade spinal glioma in a 9-year-old boy who remains cancer free 14 years following his initial presentation.
authors.affiliation: Departments of 1 Neurological Surgery and.
authors.forename: R Webster
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Crowley
authors.affiliation: Departments of 1 Neurological Surgery and.
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.affiliation: Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia; and.
authors.forename: M Beatriz S
authors.initials: MBS
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: D Kojo
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.affiliation: Departments of 1 Neurological Surgery and.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jane
keywords: GBM = glioblastoma multiforme; GFAP = glial fibrillary acidic protein; cordectomy; high-grade; oncology; spinal glioma; tanycytic ependymoma