Spinal cord herniation following cervical meningioma excision: a rare clinical entity and review of literature.
Eur Spine J
; 25 Suppl 1: 216-9, 2016 05.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Spinal cord herniation following surgery is an extremely uncommon clinical condition with very few reports in published literature. This condition usually occurs as a spontaneous idiopathic phenomenon often in the thoracic spine or following a scenario of post traumatic spinal cord/nerve root injury. Rarely has it been reported following spinal cord tumor surgery.PURPOSE:
To document a case of cervical spinal cord herniation as a late onset complication following spinal cord tumor surgery with an atypical presentation of monoparesis.DESIGN:
Case report.METHODS:
We describe the clinical presentation, operative procedure, post operative outcome and review of literature of this rare clinical condition.RESULTS:
A 57-year-old man presented with right upper limb monoparesis due to a spinal cord herniation 6 years after a cervical intradural meningioma excision. The patients underwent surgery to reduce the herniation and duroplasty with subsequent complete resolution of symptoms.CONCLUSIONS:
Spinal cord herniation must be considered as differential diagnosis in scenarios of spinal cord tumor excision presenting with late onset neurological deficit. These cases may present as paraparesis, Brown-sequard syndrome and rarely as in our case as monoparesis.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Doenças da Medula Espinal
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Hérnia
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Meningioma
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Ano de publicação:
2016
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