All issues > Volume 40(4); 1997

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1997;40(4):555-558. Published online April 15, 1997.

Departments of Neurosurgery, Gyeongsang National University, College of Medicine, Chinju, Korea

Jae Young JY Lim¹, Young Kyu YK Park², Eun Sang ES Kim², Dong Wook DW Kim¹

¹Departments of Pediatrics, Gyeongsang National University, College of Medicine, Chinju, Korea
²Departments of Neurosurgery, Gyeongsang National University, College of Medicine, Chinju, Korea

Abstract

Spinal-cord astrocytomas are rare, comprising only 1% of all primary central nervous system tumors. Malignant astrocytomas grade III and IV account for only 7.5% of intramedullary spinal gliomas occurring in all age groups and for as few as 1.2% of primary intramedullary tumors in children. The frequency of primary intramedullary with intracranial metastasis is relatively rare in childhood and such case has not been reported in Korea. Here we report a case of spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme with intracranial metastasis, who showed eight segments of spinal cord(T3-T10) involvement and cerebellar vermis metastasis. Histologically, glioblastma multiforme was confirmed.

Keywords :Spinal cord, Astrocytomas, Glioblastoma multiforme, Intracranial metastasis