Linked Life Data

8869051

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/8869051

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
A consecutive series of six patients underwent operative resection of intramedullary spinal cord subependymomas between January 1981 and August 1993. Three men and three women between the ages of 26 and 66 years experienced symptoms for a mean of 50 months preceding diagnosis. The locations of the tumors were predominantly cervical or cervicothoracic, except in one patient. At operation, a complete extirpation was achieved in each patient. No patient received further adjunct therapy. There has been no tumor recurrence in any patient after a mean follow-up period of 39 months. Most of the intramedullary spinal cord tumors are either ependymomas or astrocytomas. Clinical histories, physical examinations, and radiographic investigations are not conclusive for absolute diagnosis of subependymomas; however, intraoperative gross observations have shown these well-demarcated tumors to be located eccentrically within the spinal cord. Pathological examinations demonstrate tumors with sparse cellularity, clustering of cells, and dense fibrillary stroma. Proliferation studies with the mouse monoclonal antibody MIB-1 reconfirm the slow growth potential of these benign tumors.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0148-396X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
251-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Intramedullary subependymoma of the spinal cord.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical Center, New York, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review