Open AccessPrimary dorsal spine primitive neuroectodermal tumor in an adult patient: Case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Satyashiva Munjal,
Amit Srivastava,
Shivya Tucker,
Neha Bakshi,
Sunita Bhalla,
Vibha Mehta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_70_17
Subject(s) - medicine , primitive neuroectodermal tumor , presentation (obstetrics) , dorsum , paraplegia , spinal cord , pathology , histopathological examination , case presentation , anatomy , radiology , surgery , sarcoma , psychiatry
Primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (psPNET) is a rare entity with few cases reported in literature. We report a case of a 50-year-old female who presented to us with paraplegia and was diagnosed with extradural dorsal spine psPNET. The diagnosis was not suspected at presentation or on radiology but was established on histopathological examination. It is important to distinguish it from central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumors and from other spinal tumors since it follows a different clinical course and therapeutic outcome.