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9293548

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of a radiation-induced spinal cord glioma. A 20-year-old girl presented with neck pain and new significant neurological deficits 17 years after resection of a posterior fossa medullomyoblastoma and subsequent craniospinal irradiation. She was found to have a cervical intramedullary tumor that was resected using a standard microsurgical technique. The permanent histopathological diagnosis was anaplastic astrocytoma. Her neurological status was worse immediately following the operation. She improved to her pre-operative status, but then had a relentless neurological decline resulting in death 16 weeks following surgery. Because of the high incidence of malignancy in the few radiation-induced spinal cord gliomas reported in the literature, and the poor outcome independent of therapy in patients with malignant spinal cord gliomas, an initial strategy of biopsy only may be more appropriate than attempted resection for the patient with a suspected radiation-induced intramedullary spinal cord tumor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1016-2291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
214-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Radiation-induced glioma of the spinal cord.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. pgrabb@m.surgery.uab.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports