Congenital intramedullary spinal cord tumours: a report of two cases

Med Wieku Rozwoj. 2011 Oct-Dec;15(4):458-61.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Laminectomy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / congenital*
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / diagnosis*
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / drug therapy
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / pathology
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / congenital*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery