Primary intraspinal ganglioneuroblastoma of the thoracic spine: A rare case report

• Main Authors: Kalpalata Tripathy, Aparijita Misra, Amiya K Gouda, Srikant Das, Bidyutprava Das
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
• Subjects: Ganglioneuroblastoma; ganglionic cells; spinal tumor; undifferentiated cell
• Online Access: http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2012;volume=55;issue=4;spage=535;epage=537;aulast=Tripathy
• ISSN: 0377-4929

Cerebral ganglioneuroblastoma is an embryonal tumor of the central nervous system, which has been rarely encountered into the spinal cord. The standard treatment for ganglioneuroblastoma is complete surgical excision. A 15-year old boy was presented with cord compression. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intradural and intramedullar enhancing lesion over T2 spine. A histomorphological diagnosis was made in the presence of immature small round cells admixed with a good number of ganglion cells. The morphological diagnosis was verified by immunohistochemistry. This is the first reported case of compressive myelopathy in the thoracic region of the spine.