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Rare case of conus medullaris glioblastoma multiforme in a teenager

BACKGROUND: Primary intramedullary spinal glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) lesions are very rare comprising only 1.5% of all spinal cord tumors. These lesions typically result in rapid neurological deterioration and are associated with a very poor prognosis. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 16-year-old male exhibit...

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Autores principales: Fayçal, Lakhdar, Mouna, Bougrine, Najia, El Abbadi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026670
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_21_17
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author Fayçal, Lakhdar
Mouna, Bougrine
Najia, El Abbadi
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description BACKGROUND: Primary intramedullary spinal glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) lesions are very rare comprising only 1.5% of all spinal cord tumors. These lesions typically result in rapid neurological deterioration and are associated with a very poor prognosis. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 16-year-old male exhibited a slowly progressive paraparesis with urinary incontinence, ultimately resulting in paraplegia. On magnetic resonance (MR), he was diagnosed with an intramedullary GBM of the spinal cord extending from the T9 level through the conus medullaris. Ten months following decompression/partial surgical resection of the intramedullary mass, he remained paraplegic. CONCLUSION: GBM of the spinal cord are rare in the pediatric age group. A 16-year-old male presented with a flaccid paraplegia attributed to an MR-documented GBM of the distal thoracic cord extending from the T9 level through the conus medullaris. Despite partial intramedullary tumor resection, 10 months postoperatively, he remained paraplegic.
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spelling pubmed-56298382017-10-12 Rare case of conus medullaris glioblastoma multiforme in a teenager Fayçal, Lakhdar Mouna, Bougrine Najia, El Abbadi Surg Neurol Int Spine: Case Report BACKGROUND: Primary intramedullary spinal glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) lesions are very rare comprising only 1.5% of all spinal cord tumors. These lesions typically result in rapid neurological deterioration and are associated with a very poor prognosis. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 16-year-old male exhibited a slowly progressive paraparesis with urinary incontinence, ultimately resulting in paraplegia. On magnetic resonance (MR), he was diagnosed with an intramedullary GBM of the spinal cord extending from the T9 level through the conus medullaris. Ten months following decompression/partial surgical resection of the intramedullary mass, he remained paraplegic. CONCLUSION: GBM of the spinal cord are rare in the pediatric age group. A 16-year-old male presented with a flaccid paraplegia attributed to an MR-documented GBM of the distal thoracic cord extending from the T9 level through the conus medullaris. Despite partial intramedullary tumor resection, 10 months postoperatively, he remained paraplegic. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5629838/ /pubmed/29026670 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_21_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Spine: Case Report
Fayçal, Lakhdar
Mouna, Bougrine
Najia, El Abbadi
Rare case of conus medullaris glioblastoma multiforme in a teenager
title Rare case of conus medullaris glioblastoma multiforme in a teenager
title_full Rare case of conus medullaris glioblastoma multiforme in a teenager
title_fullStr Rare case of conus medullaris glioblastoma multiforme in a teenager
title_full_unstemmed Rare case of conus medullaris glioblastoma multiforme in a teenager
title_short Rare case of conus medullaris glioblastoma multiforme in a teenager
title_sort rare case of conus medullaris glioblastoma multiforme in a teenager
topic Spine: Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026670
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_21_17
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