Primary Neuroblastoma Involving Spinal Canal

Peng Xie; Fuqiang Shao; Hongming Zhuang

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001392

Primary Neuroblastoma Involving Spinal Canal

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Dec;41(12):986-988. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001392.

Authors

Peng Xie¹, Fuqiang Shao, Hongming Zhuang

Affiliation

¹ From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China; †Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; and ‡Department of Nuclear Medicine; The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 27824325
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001392

Abstract

An MRI of the spine was performed in a 5-month-old girl to assess the cause of lower-extremity paralysis. The images showed a left paraspinal mass at the lumbar level invading the spinal canal, which suggested possible neuroblastoma. A subsequent MIBG scan showed abnormal activity in the spinal canal. Neuroblastoma was confirmed pathologically.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

3-Iodobenzylguanidine
Female
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Neuroblastoma / diagnostic imaging*
Radionuclide Imaging / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Spinal Canal / diagnostic imaging*
Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
3-Iodobenzylguanidine