Immediate Response to Chemotherapy in an Adult Neuroblastoma Patient Presenting with Cord Compression
We report a case of a 31-year-old female patient with high-risk neuroblastoma (NBL) who presented with a history of static back pain and bilateral lower limb weakness for almost a month. Her primary tumor was located in the right paraspinal region, causing spinal cord compression (SCC). Chemotherapy...
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| author | Nedal Bukhari Bachar Harfouch Majid Shallal Alotaibi Hulayel Al-Harbi Omar Chamdine |
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| description | We report a case of a 31-year-old female patient with high-risk neuroblastoma (NBL) who presented with a history of static back pain and bilateral lower limb weakness for almost a month. Her primary tumor was located in the right paraspinal region, causing spinal cord compression (SCC). Chemotherapy was administered with an immediate clinical improvement noted after 24 hours of starting treatment. We herein report the efficacy of chemotherapy in an adult neuroblastoma (aNBL) patient presenting with spinal cord compression. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8815c71e7e76468bbd12b5213ee93fd02025-02-03T01:05:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Neurological Medicine2090-66682090-66762020-01-01202010.1155/2020/64014976401497Immediate Response to Chemotherapy in an Adult Neuroblastoma Patient Presenting with Cord CompressionNedal Bukhari0Bachar Harfouch1Majid Shallal Alotaibi2Hulayel Al-Harbi3Omar Chamdine4Department of Medical Oncology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Neurology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Medical Oncology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaWe report a case of a 31-year-old female patient with high-risk neuroblastoma (NBL) who presented with a history of static back pain and bilateral lower limb weakness for almost a month. Her primary tumor was located in the right paraspinal region, causing spinal cord compression (SCC). Chemotherapy was administered with an immediate clinical improvement noted after 24 hours of starting treatment. We herein report the efficacy of chemotherapy in an adult neuroblastoma (aNBL) patient presenting with spinal cord compression.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6401497 |
| spellingShingle | Nedal Bukhari Bachar Harfouch Majid Shallal Alotaibi Hulayel Al-Harbi Omar Chamdine Immediate Response to Chemotherapy in an Adult Neuroblastoma Patient Presenting with Cord Compression Case Reports in Neurological Medicine |
| title | Immediate Response to Chemotherapy in an Adult Neuroblastoma Patient Presenting with Cord Compression |
| title_full | Immediate Response to Chemotherapy in an Adult Neuroblastoma Patient Presenting with Cord Compression |
| title_fullStr | Immediate Response to Chemotherapy in an Adult Neuroblastoma Patient Presenting with Cord Compression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Immediate Response to Chemotherapy in an Adult Neuroblastoma Patient Presenting with Cord Compression |
| title_short | Immediate Response to Chemotherapy in an Adult Neuroblastoma Patient Presenting with Cord Compression |
| title_sort | immediate response to chemotherapy in an adult neuroblastoma patient presenting with cord compression |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6401497 |
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