A Case of Congenital Malignant Spinal Cord Glioma as a Cause of Congenital Ascites in a Neonate

• Main Authors: Bianca Karber (Author), Lenore Omesi (Author), Sunny Chang (Author), Andrew Handel (Author), Monica Hegedus (Author), Echezona Maduekwe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital ascites is rare, but when it occurs, urinary ascites secondary to posterior urethral valve obstruction is the most common, and tumors are the least. Among the tumors in the pediatric population, the central nervous system tumors are common, but spinal cord tumors are rare. We describe a v...