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- Title
Oncocytic Paraganglioma of the Cauda Equina in a Child.
- Authors
Dong Hyuk Park, Richard David; Youn Kwan Park, Richard David; Jae In Oh, Richard David; Taek Hyun Kwon, Richard David; Hung Seob Chung, Richard David; Hyun Deuk Cho, Richard David; Yeon Lim Suh
- Abstract
The authors report a case of oncocytic paraganglioma of the cauda equina in a 12-year-old girl who presented with lower back and leg pain on the right side of 6 months’ duration. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an ellipsoidal, intradural, extramedullary mass causing cord compression at the level of L1. Total laminectomy was performed on T12 and L1, and the tumor was excised completely without difficulty despite adherence of the tumor to the spinal cord. Postoperatively, the leg pain and motor weakness were much improved. The use of electron microscopy, and the immunohistochemical demonstration of synaptophysin in this tumor, allowed a confident diagnosis of an oncocytic paraganglioma to be made. To the authors’ knowledge, this patient represents the first definite case of an oncocytic paraganglioma of the cauda equina in a child.Copyright © 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
NONCHROMAFFIN paraganglia; CAUDA equina; NERVOUS system tumors; SPINAL nerve roots; DISEASES
- Publication
Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2002, Vol 36, Issue 5, p260
- ISSN
1016-2291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000058430