TY - JOUR
T1 - Paraganglioma of the thoracic spinal cord with cerebrospinal fluid metastasis
AU - Constantini, Shlomi
AU - Soffer, Dov
AU - Siegel, Tali
AU - Shalit, Mordechai N.
PY - 1989/6
Y1 - 1989/6
N2 - Paragangliomas are neoplasms that arise in multicentric cell groups, associated with the autonomic nervous system, and called paraganglia .6 Although these tumors are most common in the head and neck region, they may occurin diverse locations including mediastinum, retro peritoneum, and visceral organs.6 Since the initial report of paraganglioma in the spinal cana 1,14 25 cases of spinal paragangliom as have been reported, most of them in the caudaequina –filumterminale region.2-5'7·9-14,16,18-23 We present here a case of a in trathecalparagang liom a of the thoracic spine with metastatic spread to the caudaequina region. Métastasés of spinal parag angliom as via cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have not been reported before.
AB - Paragangliomas are neoplasms that arise in multicentric cell groups, associated with the autonomic nervous system, and called paraganglia .6 Although these tumors are most common in the head and neck region, they may occurin diverse locations including mediastinum, retro peritoneum, and visceral organs.6 Since the initial report of paraganglioma in the spinal cana 1,14 25 cases of spinal paragangliom as have been reported, most of them in the caudaequina –filumterminale region.2-5'7·9-14,16,18-23 We present here a case of a in trathecalparagang liom a of the thoracic spine with metastatic spread to the caudaequina region. Métastasés of spinal parag angliom as via cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have not been reported before.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007632-198906000-00019
DO - 10.1097/00007632-198906000-00019
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C2 - 2749382
AN - SCOPUS:0024360241
SN - 0362-2436
VL - 14
SP - 643
EP - 645
JO - Spine
JF - Spine
IS - 6
ER -