Foreign body granuloma mimicking a benign intraspinal tumour

Authors
Rohde, V Kuker, W Gilsbach, JM
Citation
V. Rohde et al., Foreign body granuloma mimicking a benign intraspinal tumour, BR J NEUROS, 13(4), 1999, pp. 417-419
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
ISSN journal
02688697 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
417 - 419
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(199908)13:4<417:FBGMAB>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We describe the case of an intraspinal foreign body granuloma that became s ymptomatic 23 years after a lumbar discectomy. Preoperatively, the foreign body granuloma was misdiagnosed as spinal neurinoma.