Adult peripheral neuroblastoma. |
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| Authors: | S L Rossitti P S De Matos R J Balbo A R Zuiani I R Thomaz |
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| Institution: | Departamento de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Vera Cruz, Campinas, Brasil. |
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| Abstract: | Report of clinical features, diagnostic and surgical aspects observed in a case of adult peripheral neuroblastoma infiltrative of the lumbosacral plexuses. The patient, a 39-year-old male, presented with sciatalgia and progressive crural monoplegia. Characteristic histological features of this rare tumor are described. Surgical resection was attempted via a posterior transgluteal approach to the retroperitoneum through the greater sciatic foramen. |
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