Spinal cord tumor presenting with neck stiffness

• Main Authors: Anood Alassaf (Author), Rana Al Shami (Author), Jehan Al Rayahi (Author), William Mifsud (Author), Khalid Al-Kharazi (Author), Abdulqadir J. Nashwan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Three years old boy presented with recurrent severe abdominal pain. He was treated for constipation and the pain resolved. Later he developed a limitation of neck movements. Investigations revealed a spinal cord mass. After surgical resection, histopathology confirmed pilocytic astrocytoma. The auth...