Mild gait abnormality and leg discomfort in a child secondary to extradural ganglioneuroma.
David L. Skaggsa, JOHN MARK ROBERTS, Michael J. Codsi, Benjamin C. Meyer, L A Moral, Peter D. Masso
- aShriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Abstract
Ganglioneuromas are benign and slow-growing tumors that most commonly originate from the sympathetic trunk. Ganglioneuromas often decrease in size and rarely require reoperation. Changes in gait or the onset of limb pain without a discernible local cause are indications for investigation of patients for possible intraspinal pathology. We report the case of a 5-year-old boy who presented with seemingly static symptoms, while the slow-growing tumor had enveloped nerve roots and caused bone destruction of the vertebrae.
TL;DRThe case of a 5-year-old boy who presented with seemingly static symptoms, while the slow-growing tumor had enveloped nerve roots and caused bone destruction of the vertebrae is reported. (Semantic Scholar)