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Ganglioneuroblastoma of the cauda equina
British Journal of Neurosurgery, 2000A 39-year-old lady presented with low back pain and neurogenic claudication. Magnetic resonance imagining revealed an intradural neoplasm in the cauda equina region. The patient underwent lumbar laminectomy and total excision of the neoplasm. Biopsy showed it to be a ganglioneuroblastoma, which is rare in the spinal canal and so far does not appear to ...
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Hemangioblastoma of the cauda equina
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1985A very rare hemangioblastoma of the filum terminale with sciatic pain and partial cauda syndrome in a 36-year-old man is presented. The difference between solitary hemangioblastoma, hemangioblastomatosis and von Hippel-Lindau disease is stressed. The literature is reviewed and the diagnosis of cauda equina neoplasms is discussed.
J G, Wolbers, H, Ponssen, W, Kamphorst
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Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2006
Lesions composed of Pacinian corpuscles or showing Pacinian corpuscle differentiation have usually been described in relation to benign tumours of the peripheral nervous system or reactive hyperplastic processes. On the other hand, mature Pacinian corpuscles have occasionally been detected as part of intraspinal lumbosacral lipomas, a rare ...
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Lesions composed of Pacinian corpuscles or showing Pacinian corpuscle differentiation have usually been described in relation to benign tumours of the peripheral nervous system or reactive hyperplastic processes. On the other hand, mature Pacinian corpuscles have occasionally been detected as part of intraspinal lumbosacral lipomas, a rare ...
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Ependymoma of the Cauda Equina
Acta Neurochirurgica, 1999Myxopapillary ependymomas are benign tumours which occasionally metastasize along cerebrospinal fluid pathways. Extraneural metastases of spinal ependymomas, however, are very rare, even more so when situated in the pleura. We report the case of a 67 year old woman presenting with shortness of breath after recurrent myxopapillary ependymomas of the ...
C H, Rickert, O, Kedziora, F, Gullotta
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Continuum, 2021
Cauda equina dysfunction (often referred to as cauda equina syndrome) is caused by a diverse group of disorders that affect the lumbosacral nerve roots. It is important to recognize dysfunction of the cauda equina quickly to minimize diagnostic delay and lasting neurologic symptoms. This article describes cauda equina anatomy and the clinical features,
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Cauda equina dysfunction (often referred to as cauda equina syndrome) is caused by a diverse group of disorders that affect the lumbosacral nerve roots. It is important to recognize dysfunction of the cauda equina quickly to minimize diagnostic delay and lasting neurologic symptoms. This article describes cauda equina anatomy and the clinical features,
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Paraganglioma of the cauda equina
Neurology India, 2009A 48-year-old female presented with symptoms of low back pain and radiation down the posterior aspect of both the legs of six months duration. She was not a known case of diabetes and hypertension. On admission, physical examination was unremarkable. The neurological examination revealed sensory deficits in the distribution of L4 and L5 dermatomes on ...
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Paraganglioma of the cauda equina
Cancer, 1983The authors present two cases of paraganglioma located in the cauda equina. Diagnosis was suspected by light microscopy and confirmed with the identification of characteristic neurosecretory vesicles. The presence of cytoplasmic filaments in both of our cases and of cilia in one case are very unusual findings in paraganglioma and seem to be ...
A, Cabello, J R, Ricoy
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BMJ, 2021
### What you need to know A 42 year old woman presented to an out-of-hours general practitioner with a five day history of low back pain with burning pain radiating into her right foot. She had a body mass index of 39 and a 12 year history of chronic low back pain with intermittent left sided “sciatica” pain in her thigh.
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### What you need to know A 42 year old woman presented to an out-of-hours general practitioner with a five day history of low back pain with burning pain radiating into her right foot. She had a body mass index of 39 and a 12 year history of chronic low back pain with intermittent left sided “sciatica” pain in her thigh.
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Continuum, 2018
Conditions that affect the cauda equina are a diverse group of disorders that require timely recognition and management. This article reviews cauda equina anatomy, the diagnostic approach to disorders of the cauda equina, features of cauda equina syndrome, and diskogenic and nondiskogenic disorders of the cauda equina.Establishing clinical criteria for
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Conditions that affect the cauda equina are a diverse group of disorders that require timely recognition and management. This article reviews cauda equina anatomy, the diagnostic approach to disorders of the cauda equina, features of cauda equina syndrome, and diskogenic and nondiskogenic disorders of the cauda equina.Establishing clinical criteria for
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Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 2014
Questions from patients about pain conditions and analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. The topics addressed in this issue are cauda equina syndrome, a dysfunction of the nerves in the spinal canal, and its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Questions from patients about pain conditions and analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. The topics addressed in this issue are cauda equina syndrome, a dysfunction of the nerves in the spinal canal, and its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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