A rare diagnosis in a child presenting with urinary incontinence: spinal ependymoma

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 3, 124 - 128, 29.08.2025

Hatice Zeynep Terzi , Muhammed Mustafa Güneylioğlu , İnci Pınar Bilen , Tayfun Pehlivan , Duygu Baykal , Murat Tutanç

https://doi.org/10.70852/tmj.1642164

Abstract

Patients presenting with various symptoms to the pediatric emergency department may be diagnosed with a spinal mass. Spinal ependymoma is a central nervous system tumor that is quite rare in childhood. Early diagnosis is important in terms of reducing morbidity and mortality. The presenting symptoms should be well understood, and necessary tests for differential diagnosis should be conducted. In this case, a 9-year-old male patient who presented to our emergency department with complaints of urinary incontinence and walking difficulties and was diagnosed with spinal ependymoma will be discussed.

Keywords

Ataxia , Ependymoma , Spinal mass , Urinary incontinence

Üriner inkontinans ile başvuran çocukta nadir bir tanı: Spinal ependimom

Abstract

Çocuk acil servisine çeşitli semptomlarla başvuran hastalar spinal kitle tanısı alabilmektedir. Spinal ependimom, çocukluk çağında oldukça nadir görülen merkezi sinir sistemi tümörüdür. Erken tanı konulması morbidite ve mortalitenin azaltılması açısından önemlidir. Başvuru semptomları iyi bilinmeli ve ayırıcı tanıya yönelik gerekli tetkikler yapılmalıdır. Bu vakada, acil servisimize idrar kaçırma ve yürüme bozukluğu şikayetleri ile başvuran ve spinal ependimom tanısı alan 9 yaşındaki erkek hastadan bahsedilecektir.

Keywords

Ataksi , Ependimom , Spinal kitle , Üriner inkontinans

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