Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled 'Malignant triton tumor: Grand Round presentation of a rare aggressive case thoracolumbar spine tumor' by S. Ghailane et al. (Eur Spine J; 2017: DOI 10.1007/s00586-017-5277-2)

摘要

The authors report a case of malignant triton tumor of the spine, presenting at the thoracolumbar spine of a 70-year-old gentleman, with back pain and left leg pain of 2 years duration [1]. Unfortunately, 3 months after complete marginal resection, the patient developed local recurrence and seeding to the cauda equina, and died 10 months after diagnosis.