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Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors

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Pediatric CNS Tumors

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Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCTs) are rare and account for only 4 to 6% of all pediatric central nervous system tumors (DeSousa et al. 1979). Approximately 100 to 200 cases are diagnosed each year in the US (Constantini and Epstein 1995), representing an incidence of less than 1 in 100,000. Pediatric IMSCTs are usually located in the cervical or thoracic spine (90 to 95%) and occur infrequently in the lumbar spine (Epstein and Ragheb 1994; Goh et al. 2000). There is an equal male and female distribution in the reported pediatric series (Brotchi et al. 1992; Goh et al. 1997; Zileli et al. 1996).

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  1. Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, USA

    Nalin Gupta MD, PhD (Assistant Professor, Chief) (Assistant Professor, Chief)

  2. Division of Neuro-Oncology, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, USA

    Anuradha Banerjee MD, MPH (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, USA

    Daphne Haas-Kogan MD (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Quinones-Hinojosa, A., Gulati, M., Schmidt, M.H. (2004). Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors. In: Gupta, N., Banerjee, A., Haas-Kogan, D. (eds) Pediatric CNS Tumors. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09227-9_11

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