TYK243
Choose the correct statement:
a) The majority of spinal tumors in children arise from the spinal cord
b) Spinal tumors in children are often malignant
c) Primary extradural tumors in children include neuroblastomas
d) Treatment of spinal tumors in children is rarely surgical
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Answer
Answer c. Primary extradural tumors in children include neuroblastomas. A minority of spinal tumors in children arise from the spinal cord. Only 10% of spinal tumors in children are malignant. Treatment of spinal tumors in children generally requires surgical resection with or without spinal instrumentation and fusion and adjunctive chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Notes
- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.