Acute regrowth and dissemination of a mature spinal cord teratoma after partial resection

A 23-year-old man presented with difficulty walking and leg pain and numbness. MRI revealed a cystic mass at Th11–12 and a pineal-region tumour. The patient underwent surgery to resect the thoracic-level mass. The tumour adhered strongly to the neural tissue and could only be partially resected. On...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Kawai, Momotaro, Nagoshi, Narihito, Iwanami, Akio, Mikami, Shuji, Tsuji, Osahiko, Fujita, Nobuyuki, Yagi, Mitsuru, Watanabe, Kota, Ishii, Ken, Nakamura, Masaya, Matsumoto, Morio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Unexpected Outcome (Positive or Negative) Including Adverse Drug Reactions
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120644/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30173127
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-223742
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