Uncommon Progression of an Extradural Spinal Meningioma

Extradural spinal meningiomas are rare. Our understanding of purely extradural spinal meningiomas is still incomplete and they may be easily confused with malignant neoplasms, much more common in this location. We report a rare case of a purely extradural thoracic spine meningioma in a 70-year-old m...

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Autores principales: Ben Nsir, Atef, Boughamoura, Mohamed, Mahmoudi, Houda, Kilani, Mohamed, Hattab, Nejib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4163413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25243091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/630876
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description Extradural spinal meningiomas are rare. Our understanding of purely extradural spinal meningiomas is still incomplete and they may be easily confused with malignant neoplasms, much more common in this location. We report a rare case of a purely extradural thoracic spine meningioma in a 70-year-old man, with an unusual progression. In addition we discuss the pathogenesis of these tumors and the potential pitfalls in differential diagnosis and review the relevant literature concerning their treatment and outcome.
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spelling pubmed-41634132014-09-21 Uncommon Progression of an Extradural Spinal Meningioma Ben Nsir, Atef Boughamoura, Mohamed Mahmoudi, Houda Kilani, Mohamed Hattab, Nejib Case Rep Surg Case Report Extradural spinal meningiomas are rare. Our understanding of purely extradural spinal meningiomas is still incomplete and they may be easily confused with malignant neoplasms, much more common in this location. We report a rare case of a purely extradural thoracic spine meningioma in a 70-year-old man, with an unusual progression. In addition we discuss the pathogenesis of these tumors and the potential pitfalls in differential diagnosis and review the relevant literature concerning their treatment and outcome. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4163413/ /pubmed/25243091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/630876 Text en Copyright © 2014 Atef Ben Nsir et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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