Rare Tumors (Jun 2010)

An epidural neuroblastoma causing spinal cord compression in a 67-year-old woman

  • Gregory Jost,
  • Stephan Frank,
  • Nathalie Fischer,
  • Ethan Taub,
  • Luigi Mariani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e27
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2

Abstract

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We report a case of disseminated neuroblastoma (NB) causing epidural spinal cord compression in a 67-year-old woman. Because NB is primarily a tumor of infancy and childhood, less is known about its clinical course and optimal treatment in adults. This patient was treated with a thoracic laminectomy and tumor resection; polychemotherapy with one cycle of vindesine, cisplatin, and etoposide; one cycle of vincristine, dacarbazine, ifosfamide, and doxorubicin; and radiotherapy to the spine. She remained able to walk but died 8.5 months later of diffuse systemic tumor progression.