Extradural spinal cord and intraabdominal ganglioneuroblastoma
Kanakaraj, G.; Zamzuri, I.; Abdullah, J.; Mohd Ghazali, M.; Mahamood, Z.; Shafiee, A.; Madhavan, M.; Rahman, M.T.
Medical Journal of Malaysia 60(5): 663-666
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283 PMID: 16515125 Document Number: 589518
We report a rare case of a giant extradural and intraabdominal ganglioneuroblastoma in a young Malay girl who presented to a paediatrician initially at 5 days of life with a palpable abdominal mass. Unfortunately, the parents refused any form of surgical intervention until the child was 3 years old. She subsequently underwent vascular embolisation followed by the removal of this large tumour both via the abdomen and through a laminectomy approach and subsequently refused chemotherapy. The c-myc amplication in this patient was absent and there were no chromosomal aberrations, During the 2 year folow-up the patient remained well, and ambulatory with no tumour recurrence.