Open AccessThe Incidence and Distribution of Spinal Metastases in Children with Posterior Fossa Medulloblastomas
Author(s) -
Philip M. Stanley,
Nancy Suminski
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of pediatric hematology/oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-3678
pISSN - 1077-4114
DOI - 10.1097/00043426-198824000-00002
Subject(s) - medicine , myelography , posterior fossa , incidence (geometry) , lumbosacral joint , spinal canal , cerebrospinal fluid , surgery , radiology , spinal cord , pathology , physics , optics , psychiatry
Myelography was performed postoperatively in 34 children with posterior fossa medulloblastomas. In 15 patients, there was myelographic evidence of intraspinal spread. This was more common in younger patients. The spread varied from a single nodule to extensive disease with spinal block. The lumbosacral canal was affected most often. Three patients with positive myelograms had negative cerebrospinal fluid cytology. Only one patient had symptoms referrable to the spine.