Intramedullary Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient

Intramedullary Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient

Spinal teratomas are rare spinal tumors. Most patients present with myelopathy, myeloradiculopathy, or radiculopathy. The authors describe the rare presentation of spinal teratoma with acute onset of backache followed by sudden paraplegia.

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Main Authors: Sushil Kumar, Amit Garg, Rohan Sinha, Ashish Desai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
spinal cord tumor
mature teratoma
paraplegia
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1584587
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spelling doaj-87c783b4a5cc4748bf0263cb468fa3802020-11-25T03:17:42ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Indian Journal of Neurosurgery2277-954X2277-91672017-05-01060323223410.1055/s-0036-1584587Intramedullary Teratoma in an Adolescent PatientSushil Kumar0Amit Garg1Rohan Sinha2Ashish Desai3Department of Neurosurgery, St. Stephens Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Radiology, St. Stephens Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, St. Stephens Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, St. Stephens Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi, IndiaSpinal teratomas are rare spinal tumors. Most patients present with myelopathy, myeloradiculopathy, or radiculopathy. The authors describe the rare presentation of spinal teratoma with acute onset of backache followed by sudden paraplegia.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1584587spinal cord tumormature teratomaparaplegia
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author Sushil Kumar
Amit Garg
Rohan Sinha
Ashish Desai
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Amit Garg
Rohan Sinha
Ashish Desai
Intramedullary Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient
Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
spinal cord tumor
mature teratoma
paraplegia
author_facet Sushil Kumar
Amit Garg
Rohan Sinha
Ashish Desai
author_sort Sushil Kumar
title Intramedullary Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient
title_short Intramedullary Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient
title_full Intramedullary Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient
title_fullStr Intramedullary Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient
title_full_unstemmed Intramedullary Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient
title_sort intramedullary teratoma in an adolescent patient
publisher Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
series Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
issn 2277-954X
2277-9167
publishDate 2017-05-01
description Spinal teratomas are rare spinal tumors. Most patients present with myelopathy, myeloradiculopathy, or radiculopathy. The authors describe the rare presentation of spinal teratoma with acute onset of backache followed by sudden paraplegia.
topic spinal cord tumor
mature teratoma
paraplegia
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1584587
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