An infant with intradural extramedullary synovial sarcoma: the youngest case in the literature

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Yalcin K., TÜYSÜZ KİNTRUP G., Kazan S., Gurer E. I., KARAALİ K., Kupesiz A., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.61, no.5, pp.765-770, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 61 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.24953/turkjped.2019.05.017
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.765-770
  • Keywords: synovial sarcoma, spinal tumor, pediatric tumor, SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMA, PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS, CHILDREN, TUMORS, ADOLESCENTS, CHILDHOOD
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Spinal cord involvement of synovial sarcoma is extremely rare. So far only two cases have been reported. Herein we describe the youngest case in the literature. She is 14-month-old and first presented with difficulty in walking ongoing for a week. Imagining showed a spinal cord mass at C5-T3 levels. The patient had gone under Decompressive surgery and histopathologic examination of the specimen revealed the presence of synovial sarcoma. Although the tumor regressed after chemotherapy, she was lost due to viral pneumonia. Synovial sarcoma should be kept in mind while evaluating spinal tumors even in infantile group.