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| Year : 2012 | Volume
: 7
| Issue : 1 | Page : 67-69 |
Primary spinal intramedullary primitive neuroectodermal tumor
Aparna Harbhajanka1, Manjula Jain1, Sudhir K Kapoor2
1 Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Orthopedics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Manjula Jain
Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi - 110 001
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.97631
Though primitive neuroectodermal tumor has been considered to arise from a neoplastic transformation of primitive neuroepithelial cells with propensity to involve any part of the central nervous system, a primary intramedullary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor is very unusual. The authors describe a case of an 18-year-old female with conus intramedullary tumor diagnosed to be primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor following histopathological examination after surgery. The diagnosis of such a tumor is very crucial as the management strategies for these are relatively unclear and are associated with a poorer outcome compared to the other common intramedullary spinal tumors.
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