Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Dumbbell-shaped atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor in the cervical spine mimicking schwannoma

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Child's Nervous System Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price includes VAT (France)

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2

References

  1. Chi SN, Zimmerman MA, Yao X, Cohen KJ, Burger P, Biegel JA et al (2009) Intensive multimodality treatment for children with newly diagnosed CNS atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor. J Clin Oncol 27(3):385–389

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  2. Biswas A, Kashyap L, Kakkar A, Sarkar C, Julka PK et al (2016) Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors: challenges and search for solutions. Cancer Manag Res 8:115–125

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. Ozawa H, Kokubun S, Aizawa T, Hoshikawa T, Kawahara C et al (2007) Spinal dumbbell tumors: an analysis of a series of 118 cases. J Neurosurg Spine 7(6):587–593

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Matsumoto Y, Harimaya K, Kawaguchi K, Hayashida M, Okada S, Doi T et al (2016) Dumbbell scoring system: a new method for the differential diagnosis of malignant and benign spinal dumbbell tumors. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 41(20):E1230–E1236

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Wu L, Yao N, Chen D, Deng X, Xu Y et al (2011) Preoperative diagnosis of intramedullary spinal schwannoma. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 51(9):630–634

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Neurosurgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, Okura 2-10-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan

    Sukwoo Hong & Hideki Ogiwara

Authors
  1. Sukwoo Hong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hideki Ogiwara
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Hideki Ogiwara.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Hong, S., Ogiwara, H. Dumbbell-shaped atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor in the cervical spine mimicking schwannoma. Childs Nerv Syst 34, 27–28 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3603-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3603-y

Search

Navigation