A Case of Multiple Cauda Equina Tumors

A 67-year old female, with a relatively uncommon multiple neurilemmoma, exhibited symptoms of cauda equina compression. Because of the relative mobility of the cauda equina and wide space in the canal, tumors arising in the cauda equina usually produce less symptoms than any other spinal tumors. Lum...

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Published inOrthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 95 - 98
Main Authors Ogami, Toshihiro, Takeshita, Mitsuru, Aramaki, Kenichi, Hirata, Osamu, Naruo, Masakuni, Iwamoto, Hideaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1996
Subjects
MRI
Multiple Cauda Equina Tumors
Recklinghausen disease
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Summary:A 67-year old female, with a relatively uncommon multiple neurilemmoma, exhibited symptoms of cauda equina compression. Because of the relative mobility of the cauda equina and wide space in the canal, tumors arising in the cauda equina usually produce less symptoms than any other spinal tumors. Lumbago and leg pain were the predominant initial symptoms. Gd-DTPA enhanced MRI was considered to be valuable examination for the early diagnosis of cauda equina tumors. Six months after the operation, in spite of resection of one root, the patient showed no evidence of any postoperative neurological defect.
ISSN:0037-1033
1349-4333
DOI:10.5035/nishiseisai.45.95