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Congenital Spinal Cord Tumors in Children

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Congenital spinal tumors may broadly be defined as spinal tumors present at birth. The term conventionally refers to a pathologically diverse group of lesions including dermoid and epidermoid cysts, neurenteric cysts, teratomatous cysts and teratomas, lipomas and arachnoid cysts. Although individual types of congenital tumors are relatively rare, as a group they constitute 18–30% of all paediatric spinal tumors10,11,22. By comparison this same group comprises only 2–3% of all adult spinal neoplasms10.

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Hoffman, H.J., Griebel, R.W., Hendrick, E.B. (1986). Congenital Spinal Cord Tumors in Children. In: Symon, L., et al. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery. Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, vol 14. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6995-7_5

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