Ganglioneuroblastoma of the cauda equina

Authors
Tripathy, LN Forster, DMC Timperley, WR
Citation
Ln. Tripathy et al., Ganglioneuroblastoma of the cauda equina, BR J NEUROS, 14(3), 2000, pp. 264-266
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
ISSN journal
02688697 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
264 - 266
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(200006)14:3<264:GOTCE>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A 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 r are in the spinal canal and so far does not appear to have been reported in the region of the cauda equina. Its management is discussed.