Adult paravertebral pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma infiltrating diffusely the whole spinal axis. Case report
| Autor: | Joe Sam Robinson, Leonidas G. Nikolakakos, Kostas N. Fountas, Carlos H. Feltes, Robert S. Donner, Ioannis Karampelas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Diagnosis Differential Lumbar Rhabdomyosarcoma Medicine Humans Spinal canal Spinal Neoplasms medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Anatomy Middle Aged medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Vertebral canal medicine.anatomical_structure Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma Sarcoma Differential diagnosis business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2(3) |
| ISSN: | 1547-5654 |
| Popis: | ✓ The authors report a unique case of diffuse spinal metastatic disease due to a pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) in an adult. In additon to its overall rarity, peculiar characteristics of the particular tumor included its site of origin, demonstrated radiologically as the lumbar paravertebral musculature (psoas muscle) and the transcanalicular spread into the vertebral canal, resulting in thecal compression at multiple levels. The salient clinicopathological characteristics of RMS, as they related particularly to the spine, are subsequently discussed and a short review of the major therapeutic modalities for these tumors is offered. |
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