Paraganglioma of the cauda equina: A case report and literature review

Surgeon

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-116

  Walsh, J C ^b   O'Brien, D F ^a   Kumar, R ^b   Rawluk, D ^b  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Paraganglioma

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; ADRENALIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; TUMOR MARKER; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADULT; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DURA MATER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PARAPLEGIA; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17644385846     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(05)80072-1     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Noorda JP, Wuisman PIJM, Kummer AJ, Winters HA, Rauwerda JA, Egeler-Peerdeman SM. Nonfunctioning malignant paraganglioma of the posterior mediastinum with spinal cord compression. A case report. Spine 1996;14:1703-1709.
2. DeVita TV, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA. Cancer of the head and neck. In: DeVita TV, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA, editors. Cancer: Principles and practice of oncology, Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven; 2001. p. 841-46.
3. Wiley C. Unusual tumours of the mediastinum. In: Williams CJ, Keikorian JG, Green MR, Raghavan D, editors. Textbook of Uncommon Cancer. Oxford: Wiley and Sons; 1998. p. 437-39.
4. Sundgren P, Annertz M, Englund E, Stromblad L, Holtas S. Paragangliomas of the spinal canal. Neuroradiology 1999;41 788-94.
5. Blades DA, Hardy RW, Cohen M. Cervical paraganglioma with subsequent intracranial and intraspinal metastases. Case Report. J Neurosurg 1991;75:320-23.
6. Cybulski GR, Nijensohn E, Brody BA, Meyer PR, Cohen B. Spinal cord compression from a thoracic paraganglioma: A case report. Neurosurgery 1991;28:306-309.
7. Wang CC. Paraganglioma of the Head and Neck. In: Williams CJ, Keikorian JG, Green MR, Raghavan D, editors. Textbook of Uncommon Cancer. Oxford: Wiley and Sons; 1998, p. 725-29.
8. Soffer D, Scheithauer B, Paraganglioma. Pathology and genetics of tumours of the nervous system. In: Kleihues P, Cavenee WK, editors, World Health Organisation classification of tumours. Lyon: IARC Press; 2000. p. 12-114.
9. Lam KY, Wat NMS, Luk JM, Lam KSL. The clinicopathological features and importance of p53, Rb, and mdm2 expression in phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas. J Clin Path 2001;54 443-48.
10. Brodkey JA, Brodkey JS, Watridge CB. Metastatic paraganglioma causing spinal cord compression. Spine 1995;20:367-72.
11. North CA, Zinreich ES, Christensen WN, North RB. Multiple spinal metastases from paraganglioma. Cancer 1990; 66:2224-28.
12. Haslbeck KM, Eberhardt KE, Nissen U, Tomandl BF, Stefan H, Neundorfer B, Erbguth F. Intracranial hypertension as a clinical manifestation of cauda equina paraganglioma. Neurology 1999; 52 1297-98.
13. Taxy BJ. Paraganglioma of the cauda equine. Report of a rare tumour. Cancer 1983; 51:1904-1906.
14. Chew SL. Paraganglioma Genes. Clinical Endocrinology 2001; 54: 573-74.