RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cystic Astrocytoma of the Spinal Cord Presenting as an Acute Abdominal Crisis
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP 443
OP 446
VO 52
IS 3
A1 Weichsel, Morton E.
A1 Knickerbocker, Donald E.
A1 Jakubiak, Paul J.
YR 1973
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/52/3/443.abstract
AB A case of a spinal intramedullary cystic astrocytoma presenting with acute lower abdominal pain has been documented. The rarity of these initial symptoms in a spinal tumor has been noted and the difficulties in diagnosis of spinal cord tumors in childhood have been emphasized.