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Plexiform Neurofibroma of the Cauda Equina: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Departments of Pathology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece

Aikaterini Zioga, MD, PhD

Departments of Pathology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece

Andreas Zygouris, MD

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece

Dimitrios Pahatouridis, MD

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece

Konstatinos Charalabopoulos, MD, PhD

Department of Physiology (Clinical Unit), University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece

Anna Batistatou, MD, PhD

Departments of Pathology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece, abatista{at}cc.uoi.gr

Plexiform neurofibroma of the cauda equina is extremely rare. Herein, a case is reported in a 56-year-old man who also had muscle atrophy, severe motor disturbance, and mild sensory disturbance of the left leg due to childhood poliomyelitis. The clinical symptoms manifested insidiously until the patient developed cauda equina syndrome. At operation, the tumor mass was observed to engulf the nerve roots of the cauda equina. After pathological examination, the diagnosis of plexiform neurofibroma was made. Neither the patient described herein nor any previously reported patients had neurofibromatosis.

Key Words: plexiform neurofibroma • cauda equina

International Journal of Surgical Pathology, Vol. 16, No. 1, 78-80 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1066896907304521


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