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Focal Neurologic Deficit After Epidural Catheter Removal Leads to Meningioma Diagnosis

We present an unusual case of a 60-year-old female who developed subtle, new-onset left upper and lower extremity weakness on day five of perioperative thoracic epidural placement. The onset of a focal neurological deficit after epidural placement usually raises suspicion for the presence of an epid...

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Autores principales: Clond, Morgan A, Koleini, Evin A, Richardson, Timothy E, Zyck, Stephanie A, Sharma, Vandana, Dhir, Mashaal, Li, Fenghua, Krishnamurthy, Satish, Thomas, Sebastian, Zhang, Xiuli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8319221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34336505
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16015