Spinal epidural rhabdomyosarcoma

We report an extremely rare case of rhabdomyosarcoma in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spine. The MR imaging appearance of the lesion was nonspecific, and different from the one previously reported. The majority of the tumor was removed surgically less than a month from the onset of symptoms....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta neurochirurgica 2004-02, Vol.146 (2), p.195-197
Hauptverfasser:	Rumboldt, Z, Jednacak, H, Talan-Hranilović, J, Kalousek, V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cervical Vertebrae - pathology Cervical Vertebrae - surgery Chemotherapy, Adjuvant Child Combined Modality Therapy Epidural Neoplasms - drug therapy Epidural Neoplasms - radiotherapy Epidural Neoplasms - surgery Follow-Up Studies Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical treatment Meningeal Neoplasms - diagnosis Meningeal Neoplasms - secondary Neoplasm, Residual - drug therapy Neoplasm, Residual - radiotherapy Postoperative Complications - diagnosis Radiotherapy, Adjuvant Rhabdomyosarcoma - diagnosis Rhabdomyosarcoma - drug therapy Rhabdomyosarcoma - radiotherapy Rhabdomyosarcoma - secondary Rhabdomyosarcoma - surgery Thoracic Vertebrae - pathology Thoracic Vertebrae - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	We report an extremely rare case of rhabdomyosarcoma in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spine. The MR imaging appearance of the lesion was nonspecific, and different from the one previously reported. The majority of the tumor was removed surgically less than a month from the onset of symptoms. Treatment was continued with spinal irradiation and chemotherapy, however diffuse leptomeningeal metastases were found six months later.
ISSN:	0001-6268 0942-0940
DOI:	10.1007/s00701-003-0166-3