Spinal seeding of a pilocytic astrocytoma following multiple subtotal resections

Faruk Zorlu; Ugur Selek; Canan Akyuz; Arzu Ozturk; Figen Soylemezoglu; Nejat Akalan

doi:10.1159/000087483

Spinal seeding of a pilocytic astrocytoma following multiple subtotal resections

Pediatr Neurosurg. 2005 Sep-Oct;41(5):248-52. doi: 10.1159/000087483.

Authors

Faruk Zorlu¹, Ugur Selek, Canan Akyuz, Arzu Ozturk, Figen Soylemezoglu, Nejat Akalan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 16195677
DOI: 10.1159/000087483

Abstract

We report the case of a 4-year-old girl presenting with spinal and leptomeningeal dissemination following several subtotal resections of cerebellar pilocytic astrocytomas.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Astrocytoma / pathology
Astrocytoma / surgery*
Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology
Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery*
Female
Humans
Infant
Meningeal Neoplasms / secondary*
Neoplasm Seeding*
Neurosurgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / secondary*
Thoracic Vertebrae