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Abstract
Vertebral tumors of the pediatric spine are rare, and most of the reported series have limited numbers of cases. Diagnosis of these tumors is difficult because of the patients{u2019} age and the rarity of the lesions. We aimed to report the clinical and radiological features of vertebral tumors in a small series of pediatric patients and to discuss diagnostic and treatment difficulties. Medical charts and radiographic records of 10 pediatric patients with documented vertebral tumors treated between January 2011 and December 2014 in Kasr Alainy teaching hospital, Cairo university and children cancer hospital, Egypt were reviewed retrospectively. The mean age was 12.9 years, and there were 8 male and 2 female patients. The most common symptom was pain. There were neurological or local findings in all patients and there werepositive results on plain radiographs in all cases except one. There were histologically malignant lesions in 4 and benign lesions in 6 cases. En bloc tumor resection was performed in 3 cases. Three patients with malignant tumors were treated by chemotherapy post-operatively