Case of anterolateral migration of herniated cervical disc fragment mimicking a spinal meningioma

BACKGROUND: Before the introduction of high-resolution MR, few disc fragments were misdiagnosed as meningiomas. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 63-year-old female presented with a 6-month history of mild to moderate pain in the left arm, weakness 4/5 in the left arm C5-C6 distribution, and a loss of the left bi...

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Autores principales: Vega-Moreno, Daniel Alejandro, González-Jiménez, Martha Elena, Reyes-Rodríguez, Víctor Andrés, Ibarra-de la Torre, Abraham, Santellán-Hernández, José Omar, Betancourt-Quiroz, Carlos, López-Valdés, Julio César, Moral-Naranjo, Andrés Alberto, García-González, Ulises
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8422421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513179
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_697_2021
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Before the introduction of high-resolution MR, few disc fragments were misdiagnosed as meningiomas. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 63-year-old female presented with a 6-month history of mild to moderate pain in the left arm, weakness 4/5 in the left arm C5-C6 distribution, and a loss of the left biceps reflex response. Although the MR study was read as showing a C5-C6 level probable spinal meningioma, this proved to be a sequestrated disc fragment at surgery. CONCLUSION: Rarely, cervical disc herniations may be misdiagnosed on MR studies as spinal meningiomas.

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