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Objective: To report a case of lumbar myxopapillary ependymoma in whom neuroradiological and surgical findings strongly suggested neurofibroma.
Clinical presentation: The patient presented with a 2 year history of progressive 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 laminectomies. There was no attachment to the spinal cord and dura.
Conclusion: In spite of contemporary sophisticated neuroradiological facilities, we may still have diagnostic difficulties in some spinal tumors.
Spinal Cord (2001) 39, 449–452.
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Bavbek, M., Altınörs, M., Caner, H. et al. Lumbar myxopapillary ependymoma mimicking neurofibroma. Spinal Cord 39, 449–452 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3101173
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