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Table 1 Etiology of Symptomatic Spinal Cord Compression in pediatric patients

From: Symptomatic malignant spinal cord compression in children: a single-center experience

Condition

NM-SCC

M-SCC

No of cases

13

44

Males, n (%)

6 (46.1)

20 (45.4)

Age at diagnosis of SCC, months, median (IQR; range)

95 (23–125; 4–179)

52 (20.5–112; 0–205)

Etiology, n (%)

Extradural11 (84.5)

Extradural 28 (63.6)

Lipoma 6 (46.1)

Neuroblastoma 12 (27.2)

Aneurysmal bone cyst 4 (30.7)

Ewing Sarcoma 7 (15.9)

Osteoblastoma 1 (7.7)

Yolk SacTumor 2 (4.5)

Intradural extramedullary 2 (15.4)

Metastatic tumors 7 (15.9)

Meningioma 1 (7.7)

- Ewing Sarcoma (chest wall)

Plexiform Neurofibromas 1 (7.7)

- Ewing Sarcoma (pelvis)

- Ewing Sarcoma (spine)

- Hepatoblastoma

- Osteosarcoma (distalfemur)

- Rhabdomyosarcoma (thigh)

- Rhabdoid Tumor (kidney)

Intradural extramedullary 7 (15.9)

Malignant Schwannoma 1 (2.3)

AT-RT 1 (2.3)

Metastatic tumors 5 (11.3)

- AT-RT

- Choroid Plexus Carcinoma

- Medulloblastoma (2)

- Suprasellar Germ Cell Tumor

Intramedullary 9 (20.4)

Ependymoma 2 (4.5)

Pylocitic Astrocytoma 3 (6.8)

High-Grade Glioma 1 (2.3)

Low-Grade Glioma 3 (6.8)

  1. NM non malignant, M malignant, SCC spinal cord compression, AT-RT Atypical TeratoidRhabdoidTumor