Primary disseminated intradural malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the spine in a child: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Chamoun, Roukoz B ^a   Whitehead, William E ^a   Dauser, Robert C ^a   Luerssen, Thomas G ^a   Okcu, M Fatih ^a   Adesina, Adekunle M ^b   Jea, Andrew ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intradural extramedullary spine tumor; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Pediatric spine

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GADOLINIUM; IFOSFAMIDE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66749125337     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000224621     Document Type: Article

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