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ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2013

Paediatric spinal glioblastoma: case report and review of therapeutic strategies.

Philip J O'Halloran, Michael Farrell, John Caird, Michael Capra, David O'Brien

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Review in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Influence of treatment modalities on survival and progression free survival in primary spinal cord glioblastoma: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  2. Primary and metastatic glioblastoma of the spine in the pediatric population: a systematic review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021
    Pooled it
  3. Primary bulbo-medullary glioblastoma in a child: case report.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Philip J O'HalloranNational Neurosurgical Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. phiohalloran@rcsi.ie
Michael Farrell
John Caird
Michael Capra
David O'Brien
Beaumont Hospital · IEBotsford Hospital · USOur Lady's Hospital · IETemple Street Children's University Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAlthough uncommon, there is significant morbidity and mortality associated with paediatric spinal glioblastoma. The paucity of cases makes treatment options difficult. The current recommended standard of care is biopsy followed by adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy, with emerging data supporting the role of safe gross total resection.

objectiveThe purpose of this paper is to provide a single-institution case study and to discuss current and future therapeutic treatment strategies. CASE PRESENTATION: A 14-year-old boy presented with a 2-year history of intermittent back pain with recent progressively worsening motor and sensory deficits of the right side. Pre-operative MRI revealed an enhancing intra-medullary tumour extending from C2 to C7. During the operative case, no tumour-cord margin could be identified, and the patient underwent a subtotal excision. Histopathology confirmed glioblastoma. In the subsequent weeks, the patient's clinical condition deteriorated. Adjuvant therapy was declined by the family, and the patient died 9 weeks after initial presentation.

conclusionDespite major advances in surgical techniques, peri-operative neuro-imaging as well as chemo-radiotherapy, the prognosis of a paediatric intra-medullary high-grade spinal tumour remains poor. Detailed analysis of our understanding of tumour dynamics in this patient group is important in establishing future therapeutic strategies.

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AdolescentCervical VertebraeFatal OutcomeGlioblastomaHumansMaleRadiographySpinal Cord Neoplasms

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PMID23319103
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