paediatrics Brussels 17
Distant spread
• Must image entire neuraxis • Must image before surgery • Spinal imaging < 3 weeks from surgery inaccurate (false positives) – can lead to delay in definitive surgery • Metastatic spread in approx 20% at diagnosis • Local CSF dissemination appears more linear • Distant spread often more nodular, but also linear • 5% extra CNS spread
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