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Surgical management of spinal tumors in children and adolescents / Abdullah Youssouf Peeroo ; Supervised Naguib Y. Aldesouki Basha , Ihab M. Emran , Ahmad Maher M. Ali Sultan

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo : Abdullah Youssouf Peeroo , 2015Description: 161 Leaves : facsimiles ; 25cmOther title:
  • العلاج الجراحى لأورام العمود الفقرى لدى الأطفال و المراهقين [Added title page title]
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Dissertation note: Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Summary: Vertebral tumors of the pediatric spine are rare, and most of the reported series have limited numbers of cases. Diagnosis of these tumors is difficult because of the patients{u2019} age and the rarity of the lesions. We aimed to report the clinical and radiological features of vertebral tumors in a small series of pediatric patients and to discuss diagnostic and treatment difficulties. Medical charts and radiographic records of 10 pediatric patients with documented vertebral tumors treated between January 2011 and December 2014 in Kasr Alainy teaching hospital, Cairo university and children cancer hospital, Egypt were reviewed retrospectively. The mean age was 12.9 years, and there were 8 male and 2 female patients. The most common symptom was pain. There were neurological or local findings in all patients and there werepositive results on plain radiographs in all cases except one. There were histologically malignant lesions in 4 and benign lesions in 6 cases. En bloc tumor resection was performed in 3 cases. Three patients with malignant tumors were treated by chemotherapy post-operatively
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Thesis Thesis قاعة الرسائل الجامعية - الدور الاول المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة Cai01.11.25.M.Sc.2015.Ab.S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 01010110066848000
CD - Rom CD - Rom مخـــزن الرســائل الجـــامعية - البدروم المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة Cai01.11.25.M.Sc.2015.Ab.S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 66848.CD Not for loan 01020110066848000

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Vertebral tumors of the pediatric spine are rare, and most of the reported series have limited numbers of cases. Diagnosis of these tumors is difficult because of the patients{u2019} age and the rarity of the lesions. We aimed to report the clinical and radiological features of vertebral tumors in a small series of pediatric patients and to discuss diagnostic and treatment difficulties. Medical charts and radiographic records of 10 pediatric patients with documented vertebral tumors treated between January 2011 and December 2014 in Kasr Alainy teaching hospital, Cairo university and children cancer hospital, Egypt were reviewed retrospectively. The mean age was 12.9 years, and there were 8 male and 2 female patients. The most common symptom was pain. There were neurological or local findings in all patients and there werepositive results on plain radiographs in all cases except one. There were histologically malignant lesions in 4 and benign lesions in 6 cases. En bloc tumor resection was performed in 3 cases. Three patients with malignant tumors were treated by chemotherapy post-operatively

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