Open AccessPrimary intraspinal ganglioneuroblastoma of the thoracic spine: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Kalpalata Tripathy,
Aparijita Misra,
Amiya Kumar Gouda,
Srikant Das,
Bidyutprava Das
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.107805
Subject(s) - ganglioneuroblastoma , medicine , ganglioneuroma , magnetic resonance imaging , spinal cord , spinal cord compression , ganglion , lesion , cord , anatomy , pathology , neuroblastoma , radiology , surgery , biology , genetics , psychiatry , cell culture
Cerebral ganglioneuroblastoma is an embryonal tumor of the central nervous system, which has been rarely encountered into the spinal cord. The standard treatment for ganglioneuroblastoma is complete surgical excision. A 15-year old boy was presented with cord compression. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intradural and intramedullar enhancing lesion over T2 spine. A histomorphological diagnosis was made in the presence of immature small round cells admixed with a good number of ganglion cells. The morphological diagnosis was verified by immunohistochemistry. This is the first reported case of compressive myelopathy in the thoracic region of the spine.