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Case Reports
. 2003 Mar;87(3):366-7.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.87.3.366-a.

Paravertebral primitive neuroectodermal tumour presenting with Horner's syndrome

D N Parmar, N Lim, N Joshi
Case Reports

Paravertebral primitive neuroectodermal tumour presenting with Horner's syndrome

D N Parmar et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2003 Mar.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Left Horner’s syndrome with left upper lid ptosis, miosis, and “upside down” lower lid ptosis. (B) Magnetic resonance imaging of neck (coronal section), showing a mass arising from between the first and second thoracic intervertebral foramen, extending into the root of the left side of the neck and the left pulmonary apical region (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histology of excised cervicothoracic extradural mass taken January 1998 showing (A) round tumour cells with numerous frequent mitoses infiltrating fibrovascular stroma (haematoxylin and eosin ×140); (B) immunohistochemical reactivity of tumour cell cytoplasm with vimentin stain (Dako Ltd, UK; 1:40) ×710; (C) focal cytoplasmic dot-like staining with synaptophysin immunohistochemistry (arrowheads) (Dako Ltd, UK; 1:100).
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