Kazempour Azar A, Kamalifar A, Aghazadeh J, Salehpour F, Kamalifar S. Extension of Retropiretoneal Neuroblastoma to Spinal Canal: A Case Report . Iran J Neurosurg 2018; 4 (4) :233-235
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1- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Urumia University of Medical Sciences, Urumia, Iran
2- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Urumia University of Medical Sciences, Urumia, Iran , amirkamalifar@gmail.com
3- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
4- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine , Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
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Neuroblastoma is a nervous system malignancy. The extension of intra-abdominal neuroblastoma to the spinal canal is a rare condition. In this case report, we present a patient with monoplegia and a huge intra-abdominal mass with intra spinal extension and cord compression.
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Highlights
● Neuroblastoma is a malignancy of nervous system
● Intra- abdominal tumor can extended to spinal canal due to the motor and sensory deficits
Plain Language Summary
Neuroblastoma is a malignancy of nervous system. The extension of this tumor to spinal canal and spinal cord compression is very rare and can have permanent neurological deficit like paraplegia or sensory loss. This tumor should be examined in infant patient with monoplegia or paraplegia.
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