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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2020

Nonfunctional extradural thoracic spine paraganglioma in a pediatric patient: a case report.

Weal Alshaya, Sami I Aleissa, Muath I Abdulfaraj, Sarah A Aldeghaither, Ali A Alhandi

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weal AlshayaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.
Sami I AleissaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.
Muath I AbdulfarajDepartment of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.
Sarah A AldeghaitherKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.
Ali A AlhandiDepartment of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4979-4975
King Abdulaziz Medical City · SAKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paraganglioma in the spine remains a rare occurrence that is mostly benign and commonly associated with other inherited symptoms. Presentation in the pediatric population is rare with a high risk of recurrence. This case reports an unusual presentation of a slowly progressing nonfunctional thoracic paraganglioma in a 6-year-old female child that presented with mass-related symptoms sparing the spinal canal. Tumor recurred after initial video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery excision with significant involvement of the thoracic spinal canal. Patient underwent a second surgery utilizing a posterior approach and laminectomies. Succinate dehydrogenase-B gene association was confirmed through molecular testing afterward. Such tumors can be malignant with 7% present with distant metastasis. Image-based differentiation of malignant tumors remains difficult, adding to the urgency in diagnosing these tumors. Furthermore, the unlikely age presentation compounds to the challenges of the diagnostic process.x The patient remains tumor free 12 months postoperatively.

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PMCPMC7443752
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