Spinal Epidermoid Tumor: A Case Report

Spinal epidermoid tumors are rare tumors with typical symptoms including low back pain, radiculopathy, weakness, sensory disturbances, and bowel/bladder dysfunction. Here we present a rare case of a spinal epidermoid tumor in a 44-year-old female patient with a previous surgical history of epidural...

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Autores principales: Yunga Tigre, Joseph, Costello, Meredith, Maddy, Krisna, Errante, Emily, Burks, Stephen S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10115217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37090333
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36409
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author Yunga Tigre, Joseph
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Maddy, Krisna
Errante, Emily
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description Spinal epidermoid tumors are rare tumors with typical symptoms including low back pain, radiculopathy, weakness, sensory disturbances, and bowel/bladder dysfunction. Here we present a rare case of a spinal epidermoid tumor in a 44-year-old female patient with a previous surgical history of epidural anesthesia with two cesarean sections. Our report aims to highlight the rare development of this type of tumor following epidural anesthesia, a routine part of labor management.
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spelling pubmed-101152172023-04-20 Spinal Epidermoid Tumor: A Case Report Yunga Tigre, Joseph Costello, Meredith Maddy, Krisna Errante, Emily Burks, Stephen S Cureus Neurosurgery Spinal epidermoid tumors are rare tumors with typical symptoms including low back pain, radiculopathy, weakness, sensory disturbances, and bowel/bladder dysfunction. Here we present a rare case of a spinal epidermoid tumor in a 44-year-old female patient with a previous surgical history of epidural anesthesia with two cesarean sections. Our report aims to highlight the rare development of this type of tumor following epidural anesthesia, a routine part of labor management. Cureus 2023-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10115217/ /pubmed/37090333 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36409 Text en Copyright © 2023, Yunga Tigre et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Spinal Epidermoid Tumor: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10115217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37090333
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