title: Solitary fibrous tumors of the spine: a pediatric case report with a comprehensive review of the literature.
abstract: Solitary fibrous tumors of the spine are rare lesions. Their description in the literature is limited to case reports and small case series. While generally benign lesions, they can recur and occasionally occur as malignancies. Here the authors present the case of a 10-year-old boy, the youngest patient and first preadolescent reported thus far, with this condition. In addition, they perform a comprehensive review of all previously published cases of spinal solitary fibrous tumors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital; and.|Departments of 2 Neurosurgery and.
authors.forename: Gregory W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.affiliation: Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gokden
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: CNS = central nervous system; GTR = gross-total resection; SFT = solitary fibrous tumor; STR = subtotal resection; central nervous system; oncology; pediatric; solitary fibrous tumor; spine