Author/Authors :
Çerçi, Melikhan Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital - Department of Pediatrics, Turkey , Yağcı-Küpeli, Begül Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital - Department of Pediatrics, Turkey , Ökten, Ali İhsan Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital - Department of Neurosurgery, Turkey , Özsoy, Kerem Mazhar Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital - Department of Neurosurgery, Turkey , Çelik, Tamer Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital - Department of Pediatrics, Turkey , Adamhasan, Fulya Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital - Department of Pathology, Turkey , Çelik, Ümit Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital - Department of Pediatrics, Turkey , Zorludemir, Suzan Cukurova University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pathology, Turkey , Küpeli, Serhan Cukurova University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatric Oncology, Turkey
Abstract :
Primary spinal cord tumors are rarely encountered in childhood period. Ependymomas and pilocytic astrocytomas comprise the majority of spinal cord tumors in children. Spinal glioblastoma multiforme (GM) (grade IV astrocytoma) is a rare clinical entity accounting for only 1-3% of all pediatric intramedullary tumors. We report a 3- year-8- month-old male with primary spinal cord GM who presented with back pain, paraparesis, gait disturbance and loss of sphincter control and initially diagnosed as transverse myelitis.
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Spinal cord tumors , glioblastoma multiforme , transverse myelitis , childhood
