SYMPTOMATIC CEREBELLAR METASTASIS AND LATE LOCAL RECURRENCE OF A CAUDA-EQUINA PARAGANGLIOMA - CASE-REPORT

This case report contains a description of a 61-year-old patient who p resented with a progressive truncal ataxia 22 years after complete rem oval of a small paraganglioma of the cauda equina. Magnetic resonance imaging of the neuraxis revealed a large cystic lesion in the cerebell ar midline, three small cortical-to-subcortical nodular tumors in the posterior fossa, and local recurrences of the paraganglioma of the cau da equina. Pathological examination showed the cerebellar midline lesi on to be a paraganglioma, most likely a metastasis from the cauda equi na localization.