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Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Réal Lagacé ,
Claude Delage  and
François Gagné
Réal Lagacé*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Laval University, Quebec City, (Quebec), Canada
Claude Delage
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Laval University, Quebec City, (Quebec), Canada
François Gagné
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Laval University, Quebec City, (Quebec), Canada
*
Department of Pathology, L'Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, 11, Cote du Palais, Quebec, Quebec, Canada G1R 2J6.
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An unusual tumor arising in the filum terminale is described. The clinical data revealed an extensive and slowly growing lesion. The histologic picture was characterized by a proliferation of lobules and sheets of regular cells within a rich vascular network. Electron microscopic studies showed light and dark cells with sustentacular extensions. Typical neurosecretory granules were obsen'ed in both cell types, establishing the diagnosis of para-ganglioma. The glomus coccygeum could be the site of this tumor.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1978 , pp. 257 - 260
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1978

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