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The authors report a series of 10 children under 15 years of age with primary intraspinal neoplasm who underwent surgical resection from 1981 to 1994. The tumors consisted of 4 intramedullary tumors (myxopapillary ependymoma, pilocytic astrocytoma, subpial liporna, cavernous angioma), 2 intradural extramedullary tumors (2 neurinomas), and 4 extradural tumors (ganglioneuroma, chordoma, osteochondroma, rhabdomyosarcoma). The initial symptoms in these patients were gait disturbance (50%), weakness of lower extremities (50%), pain (40%), weakness of upper extremities (10%), and tetraparesis (10%). The neurological findings on admission in these patients revealed motor paresis (90%), sensory disturbance (60%), abnormality of deep tendon reflex (60%), pathological reflex (30%), neurogenic bladder (30%), and Lasegue's sign (10%). All patients were treated surgically; laminectoy was performed in 8 patients, laminoplasty in one patient, and transoral approach in one patient. Five patients (50%) underwent a grossly total resection, 3 (30%) had a subtotal resection, and 2 (20%) had a partial resection. Mean follow-up period was 5.6 years. One (10%) patient died due to recurrence and dissemination of the tumor at eight months after surgery in a case of rhabdomyosarcoma. 9 (90%) have had no recurrent tumor and have improved neurologically. In 4 patients (40%) spinal deformity developed, and 2 patients required operative treatment for the spinal deformity. We emphasized the advantage of laminoplasty to prevent postoperative spinal deformity in children.
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PMID:[Clinical study of intraspinal neoplasms in children]. 875 72

A 7-month-old Holstein heifer presented with posterior paresis and megaesophagus. At post mortem examination, a nodular tumor was found attached to the thoracic wall and the eighth to eleventh thoracic vertebrae, adjacent to the left posterior pulmonary lobe. The tumor was diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma by histology. This is a very rare case of spinal infiltration of rhabdomyosarcoma in cattle.
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PMID:Rhabdomyosarcoma with posterior paresis and megaesophagus in a Holstein heifer. 1957 98

We conducted a retrospective study to analyze the role of the cervical and lateral skull base approaches in the surgical excision of parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors. Our study population was made up of 34 patients-15 males and 19 females, aged 13 to 73 years (mean: 50.6)-who had presented to us with a PPS tumor during a 9-year period. The 34 cases included 23 benign tumors and 11 malignancies. The 23 benign tumors consisted of 11 pleomorphic adenomas, 5 schwannomas, 2 paragangliomas, 2 Warthin tumors, 1 oncocytoma, 1 hamartoma, and 1 osteochondroma. The 11 malignancies included 3 cases of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 2 cases of mucoepidermoid carcinomas, and 1 case each of carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma, liposarcoma, lymph node metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma, lymph node metastasis from follicular thyroid carcinoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and cranial nerve (CN) X neurofibrosarcoma. Among the benign tumors, 14 were removed via the transparotid approach, 3 via the transcervical approach, 3 via the transcervical-transparotid approach, 2 via the petro-occipital-trans-sigmoid approach, and 1 via the Fisch type A infratemporal fossa approach. During postoperative follow-up, 5 of the 23 patients with a benign tumor exhibited facial nerve paresis, 2 developed CN IX to XII palsy, and 1 each developed Frey syndrome and CN X palsy. In the malignant tumor group, 4 of the 11 patients were treated via the transcervical-transparotid approach, 3 via the Fisch type C infratemporal fossa approach, 3 via the transcervical-transmandibular approach, and 1 via the transcervical-lateral petrosectomy approach. The neural deficits observed during the postoperative period were more extensive among the patients with a malignant tumor. We conclude that the transparotid and transcervical approaches were adequate for excising most benign tumors. For malignant tumors, large tumors, and tumors with skull base involvement and transcranial extension, the transparotid-transcervical, transcervical-transmandibular, infratemporal fossa, and petro-occipital-trans-sigmoid approaches were necessary.
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PMID:Surgical management of parapharyngeal space tumors: The role of cervical and lateral skull base approaches. 2792 99

Primary pineal rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is extremely rare, and only three cases have been reported so far. Here, we report a case of 12-year-old male who presented with complaints of diplopia and diminution of vision since 15 days. He also had left-sided facial paresis. Magnetic resonance imaging brain revealed a space-occupying lesion in the region of pineal gland. The patient underwent midline suboccipital craniectomy with excision of tumor. Microscopic examination revealed a highly cellular tumor with areas showing small round cells admixed with cells having abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm resembling rhabdomyoblasts and multinucleated giant cells. Differential diagnoses of pineal anlage tumor and primary RMS were considered. The tumor cells were positive for desmin while being negative for synaptophysin and glial fibrillary acidic protein. Myogenin was used to confirm the diagnosis of RMS, which showed focal nuclear positivity. INI1 was retained. All the markers for germ cell tumors were negative.
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PMID:Primary Pineal Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Rare Case. 3190 81