Spinal atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor-narrative review and report of a rare case managed with multimodality approach

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BACKGROUND: Spinal atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is an extremely rare tumor and represents less than 2% of all AT/RTs.

METHODS: Available medical literature on spinal AT/RT in English was retrieved from PubMed and comprehensively reviewed. Clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, prognosis, and outcome in patients with spinal AT/RT have been elucidated by citing a case of extradural AT/RT of the cervicodorsal spine.

RESULTS: The age at presentation is usually less than 3 years. The most common site is the cervicodorsal spine. The most frequent tumor location is intradural extramedullary. A contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the entire neuraxis is the imaging modality of choice. The incidence of leptomeningeal dissemination is high (15-30%). Histopathological examination shows an admixture of primitive neuroectodermal, mesenchymal, and epithelial elements along with rhabdoid cells. Loss of SMARCB1/INI1 is considered pathognomonic of AT/RT. Maximal safe resection of tumor is the initial management of choice. Thereafter focal radiotherapy for localized tumor or craniospinal irradiation for leptomeningeal dissemination should be considered. Post-operative intensive polychemotherapy including intrathecal and high-dose chemotherapy (with autologous stem cell rescue) is usually considered to optimize survival. Typically, the time to recurrence and overall survival are less than 6 and 12 months, respectively. However, with judicious multimodality management long-term survivors are increasingly being recognized. The illustrative patient was a 18-month-old girl diagnosed with extradural AT/RT of the cervicodorsal spine (C3-D1), who was managed with maximal safe resection of tumor, multiagent chemotherapy (ICE-ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide) and focal RT to the tumor bed-50.4 Gy/28 fractions/5.5 weeks. At the last follow-up visit, 30 months after surgery, she had complete clinicoradiological response.

CONCLUSION: Multimodal treatment comprising maximal safe resection of tumor, multiagent chemotherapy (ICE), and focal RT can lead to successful outcome in patients with localized spinal AT/RT, under the age of 3 years.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

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Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 39(2023), 8 vom: 09. Aug., Seite 2019-2026

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Biswas, Ahitagni [VerfasserIn]
Ghosh, Vivek [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Swarnaditya [VerfasserIn]
Tandon, Vivek [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Seema [VerfasserIn]
Narwal, Anubhav [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Mehar Chand [VerfasserIn]
Bakhshi, Sameer [VerfasserIn]

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Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor
Case Reports
Focal radiotherapy
Journal Article
Pediatric
Review
Spine
Subtotal resection

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 25.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1007/s00381-023-05977-2

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NLM356633748