Unspecific clinical manifestation of cauda equina myxopapillary ependymoma
Gayrat KarievRepublican Scientific Center of Neurosurgery, Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, TashkentElbek S. HalikulovDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, TashkentShavkat RasulovDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, Tashkent
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A 9-year-old boy admitted to the neurosurgical hospital complaining of headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, and weakness in the arms and legs, urinary retention. Previously, the patient had a treatment of pediatricians. He was examined, magnetic resonance imaging revealed the tumor of the conus medullaris and cauda equina. The surgery was performed with removal myxopapillary ependymoma (ME). Postoperative neurological symptoms regressed; he has received radiotherapy postoperatively. This case illustrates a rare clinical presentation of ME, which simulated intracranial, thoracic, and caudal pathology. We presented features of the clinical presentation, diagnostics, and treatment options of this ependymoma.
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