Objective: To report a case of lumbar myxopapillary ependymoma in whom neur
oradiological and surgical findings strongly suggested neurofibroma.
Clinical presentation: The patient presented with a 2 year history of progr
essive monoparesthesia and monoparesia of his right leg. He reported having
minimal fecal and urinary incontinence.
Intervention: Total resection of the tumor was achieved by total L1-L2 lami
nectomies. There was no attachment to the spinal cord and dura.
Conclusion: In spite of contemporary sophisticated neuroradiological facili
ties, we may still have diagnostic difficulties in some spinal tumors.