Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Conus Medullaris in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are very rare conditions. Most of these tumors occur in children and young adults. A 63-year-old man with a primary spinal PNET in the conus medullaris from the L1 to L2 level is presented in this report. The optimal treatment of primary spinal...

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Autores principales: Shimosawa, H., Matsumoto, M., Yabe, H., Mukai, M., Toyama, Y., Morioka, H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: May 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21734881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000323263
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author Shimosawa, H.
Matsumoto, M.
Yabe, H.
Mukai, M.
Toyama, Y.
Morioka, H.
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description Primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are very rare conditions. Most of these tumors occur in children and young adults. A 63-year-old man with a primary spinal PNET in the conus medullaris from the L1 to L2 level is presented in this report. The optimal treatment of primary spinal PNETs is yet unknown. Surgical resection, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy have been advocated for the treatment of spinal PNET based on PNETs at other sites. However, the outcome is very poor. There are a few reports of cases with long-term survival and no recurrence. In these patients, en bloc resections were performed.
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spelling pubmed-31244602011-07-06 Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Conus Medullaris in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Shimosawa, H. Matsumoto, M. Yabe, H. Mukai, M. Toyama, Y. Morioka, H. Case Rep Oncol Published: May 2011 Primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are very rare conditions. Most of these tumors occur in children and young adults. A 63-year-old man with a primary spinal PNET in the conus medullaris from the L1 to L2 level is presented in this report. The optimal treatment of primary spinal PNETs is yet unknown. Surgical resection, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy have been advocated for the treatment of spinal PNET based on PNETs at other sites. However, the outcome is very poor. There are a few reports of cases with long-term survival and no recurrence. In these patients, en bloc resections were performed. S. Karger AG 2011-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3124460/ /pubmed/21734881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000323263 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: May 2011
Shimosawa, H.
Matsumoto, M.
Yabe, H.
Mukai, M.
Toyama, Y.
Morioka, H.
Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Conus Medullaris in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Conus Medullaris in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Conus Medullaris in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Conus Medullaris in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Conus Medullaris in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Conus Medullaris in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the conus medullaris in an elderly patient: a case report and review of the literature
topic Published: May 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21734881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000323263
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