Indian Journal of Medical & Paediatric Oncology
  • Year: 2005
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue: 3

Primary mediastinal germ cell tumour with paraparesis in an Infant

  • Author:
  • L. Appaji, K.C. Aggarwal, B.S. Aruna Kumari, M. Padama, H.K. Dadhich, H.S. Mamtha, P. Raghuram
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 49 to 50

Pediatric oncology unit and Dept. of Radiodiagnosis, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore-560 029

*Correspondence to: K.C. Aggarwal E-mail: kcagg1955@rediffmail.com

Abstract

A case of mediastinal yolk sac tumour in a seven-month old male child with spinal canal extension and Paraparesis is described. Posterior mediastinal involvement in a young child with yolk sac tumour and spinal canal extension is an exceedingly rare presentation. Conventional cytogenetics studies were normal.