Spinal intradural mature teratoma in an elderly patient
Spinal intradural mature teratoma in an elderly patient作者机构：Department of Neurological SurgeryFattouma Bourguiba University HospitalUniversity of Medicine of MonastirMonastir 5000Tunisia Department of Neurological SurgeryTunisian National Institute of NeurologyUniversity of Medicine of Tunis El ManarTunis 1007Tunisia Department of PathologyLa Rabta University HospitalUniversity of Medicine Tunis El ManarTunis 1007Tunisia.
出 版 物：《Journal of Cancer Metastasis and Treatment》 (癌症转移与治疗（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2015年第1卷第1期
页 面：106-110页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Conus medullaris tumor mature teratoma surgery
摘 要：Spinal intradural mature teratomas are rarely encountered in *** this report,one of the oldest patients ever reported to harbor an intradural mature teratoma of the conus medullaris is presented,and the relevant literature concerning the teratoma’s origin,clinical presentation,radiological features,and treatment modalities is reviewed.A previously healthy 70-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of left *** neurological examination was normal and the magnetic resonance imaging of the thoracolumbar spine showed an intradural,partially cystic mass extending from T12 to L3 *** patient underwent a T11-L4 *** opening the dura,a yellowish vascular tumor attached to the conus medullaris came into *** dissection allowed for subtotal tumor *** a thin part of the tumor wall,tightly attached to the conus medullaris,was *** tumor was diagnosed as mature teratoma by histological study,and no adjunctive therapy was *** pain experienced by the patient disappeared *** condition remained unchanged with no radiological recurrence through the most recent follow-up examination,3 years after *** present study outlines that mature teratoma can arise from the conus medullaris,even in older adult *** preservation is of utmost importance,and long-term follow-up is mandatory to spot recurrences early.
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