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Pages 124-133 (May - June 2021)
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Vol. 32. Issue 3.
Pages 124-133 (May - June 2021)
Review article
Intramedullary spinal cord ganglioglioma: Case report and comparative literature review
Intramedullary spinal cord ganglioglioma: Case report and comparative literature review
Kevin Armas Melián
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kevinarmasmelian@hotmail.com

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, Francisco José Delgado López, Juan Manuel Medina Imbroda, Dailos Rodríguez Betancor, Daniel Rodríguez Pons
Departamento de Neurocirugía, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
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Table 1. Review of 167 patients diagnosed with intramedullary spinal ganglioglioma: epidemiological characteristics, clinical characteristics, location and treatment.
Table 2. Review of intramedullary spinal gangliogliomas. Location.
Table 3. Comparison by population type presenting motor deficit and motor deficit type.
Table 4. Treatment performed in the 167 intramedullary spinal gangliogliomas reviewed.
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Abstract
Introduction

Intramedullary spinal cord gangliogliomas (ISCGGs) account for 35%-40% of all intramedullary tumors in children. These tumors have a different algorithm for treatment and prognosis than other medullary tumors, such as astrocytomas and spinal ependymomas. The objective of the study was to review the literature and examine an approach to diagnosing and treating this tumor based on a case report of ISCGG diagnosed at our center.

Method

An exhaustive review of cases of ISCGG published via the PubMed-NCBI platform between 1911 and 2018 was performed, and each patient's epidemiological characteristics, tumor location, symptoms, radiological diagnosis and treatment were appended.

Results

A total of 167 cases of ISCGG were found, including our own. In our sample, 52% of patients were female and the most commonly affected age group was 0-9 years of age (35% of patients). Motor deficit has been found to be the main symptom in a larger proportion of adults patients versus pediatric patients. On X-ray, this tumor shows greater hyperintensity and contrast uptake than astrocytomas and ependymomas, as well as a higher percentage of intratumoral cysts. The BRAFV600E mutation is less common in spinal as opposed to supratentorial gangliogliomas. Surgery with complete resection is the treatment of choice. Only 19% of the patients in the sample received radiotherapy, and only 9% received chemotherapy as their only line of treatment.

Conclusions

ISCGGs are common in the pediatric population and require strong suspicion for proper diagnosis and treatment, as the risk of recurrence of ISCGGs is three times greater than that of supratentorial gangliogliomas.

Keywords:
Intramedullary ganglioglioma
Spinal cord ganglioglioma
Spinal tumor
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Introducción

Los gangliogliomas espinales intramedulares (GGEI) representan el 35-40% de todos los tumores intramedulares en niños. Estos tumores presentan un algoritmo terapéutico y pronóstico diferente con respecto a otros tumores medulares, tales como los astrocitomas o los ependimomas espinales. El objetivo del estudio es revisar la literatura para esclarecer una vía diagnóstica y terapéutica de dicho tumor en base a un caso clínico de GGEI diagnosticado en nuestro centro.

Método

Se ha realizado una revisión literaria exhaustiva de los GGEI publicados desde 1911 hasta 2018 a través de la plataforma PubMed-NCBI, adjuntando de cada paciente, las características epidemiológicas, la localización, la clínica, el diagnóstico radiológico y el tratamiento.

Resultados

Se encontraron un total de 167 casos de GGEI, incluyendo nuestro caso. En nuestra muestra, el 52% de los pacientes pertenece al sexo femenino, siendo la década de edad más afectada la que va de los 0 a los 9 años (35% de los pacientes). El déficit motor se establece como síntoma principal en pacientes adultos en mayor proporción que en pacientes pediátricos. Radiológicamente, este tumor se presenta con mayor hiperintensidad y captación de contraste que los astrocitomas y los ependimomas, así como un mayor porcentaje de quistes intratumorales. La mutación BRAFV600E es menos frecuente en los gangliogliomas espinales que en los supratentoriales. La cirugía con resección total es el tratamiento de elección. Solamente el 19% de los pacientes de la muestra recibieron radioterapia y solo el 9% quimioterapia como única vía de tratamiento.

Conclusiones

Los GGEI son frecuentes en la población pediátrica y requieren de un alto nivelde sospecha para su correcto diagnóstico y tratamiento, ya que tienen 3 veces más riesgo de recurrencia que sus homólogos supratentoriales.

Palabras clave:
Ganglioglioma intramedular
Ganglioglioma espinal
Tumor espinal

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