Chronic Pain Secondary to a Cervical Intramedullary Ependymoma: A Case Report

Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT) are a rare subset of neoplasms classified based on anatomical location. The most common presenting symptom is pain; however, the high prevalence of back pain in the general public secondary to common causes including degenerative disc disease or osteoarthrit...

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Autores principales: Atoot, Ali, Ha, Christine, Abul-Huda, Motasem, Kaawar, Fawzi, Atoot, Adam, Sen, Surjya, Panagiotakis, Gary, Schlesinger, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Pain Management
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8741527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018269
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20277
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Sumario:Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT) are a rare subset of neoplasms classified based on anatomical location. The most common presenting symptom is pain; however, the high prevalence of back pain in the general public secondary to common causes including degenerative disc disease or osteoarthritis, makes diagnosing spinal cord tumors a challenge. We present a case of a 43-year-old male with a cervical intramedullary ependymoma to discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of these spinal tumors.

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