Open AccessCervical Intramedullary Spinal Cord Glioblastoma in a 10 Year-Old Child. Case Report
Author(s) -
Otávio Garcia Martins,
Amir José dos Santos,
Antonio Carlos Garcia D’Almeida,
Samir Cezimbra dos Santos,
Anna Júlia Ramos Fontanari,
Guilherme Gago
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jornal brasileiro de neurocirurgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6786
pISSN - 0103-5118
DOI - 10.22290/jbnc.v30i3.1849
Subject(s) - intramedullary rod , medicine , spinal cord , glioblastoma , lesion , spinal cord neoplasm , cord , spinal cord diseases , surgery , cancer research , psychiatry
Among all pediatric tumors in CNS, the intramedullary spinal cord tumors are less than one-third of 1% and only about 1-3% of them are high-grade gliomas. Intramedullary glioblastoma (GBM) is considered highly threatening because of its aggressiveness and, even with intense management, lesion progress and patients develop severe deficits. Authors report a very rare case of a 10-year-old patient with extensive cervical GBM with an unusual outcome.