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We present a case of intramedullary spinal gangliocytoma in a 19-year-old woman who presented with a long history of hyperhidrosis of the face and neck areas and intermittent pain of the hands. The tumor involved the cervico-thoracic region of the spinal cord from C7-T3. The patient underwent debulking of the lesion and remains neurologically stable at two years follow-up. A discussion of this case is followed by a review of the literature surrounding this rare clinicopathological entity.
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Jacob, J.T., Cohen-Gadol, A.A., Scheithauer, B.W. et al. Intramedullary spinal cord gangliocytoma: case report and a review of the literature. Neurosurg Rev 28, 326–329 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-005-0383-8
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