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J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2013; 74(S 01): e1-e3
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1304221
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

An Extensive Intramedullary Epidermoid Cyst with a Longstanding History of Paraplegia: A Case Report

Sang Hoon Yoon
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea
,
Tae-Ahn Jahng
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea
,
Ki-jeong Kim
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea
,
Chun Kee Chung
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
,
Hyun Jib Kim
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea
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07 November 2011

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09 July 2012 (online)

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Abstract

Spinal cord tumors still challenge clinicians because of their neurological deterioration before and after surgery. Epidermoid cyst is one of the rare intramedullary lesions producing neurological deterioration in cervical spine and it has been reported four times in the literature. We report the case of an intramedullary epidermoid cyst showing a longstanding history of paraplegia as well as recent slowly progressive tingling paresthesia extending from C4 to T10 and weakness in both hands.

Keywords

epidermoid cyst - intramedullary - cervical
 

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