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15354237

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
A 61-year-old man was admitted to the Department of Neurology, Medical University of Bia?ystok with signs of intracranial hypertension associated with headaches and papilledema, with no other signs of the nervous system dysfunction. CT and MRI brain scans were normal, cerebrospinal fluid contained 1620 mg/dl of proteins. One month later epileptic seizures with a loss of consciousness occurred. Brain CT and MRI scans showed no focal pathology and failed to disclose any intracranial tumor. The acute pain in the lumbar spine region made us perform an MRI scan of the lower spinal cord, which disclosed cauda equina tumor. The tumor was surgically removed and it was histopathologically concluded to be ependymoma. After the operation there were neither headaches nor seizures and we noticed an improvement in his vision acuity. In the postoperative course the patient suffered from urinary and bowel dysfunction. In this article we discuss a pathogenesis of intracranial hypertension occurring in spinal cord tumors and stress the need for a diagnosis of spinal cord lesions in patients with the elevated intracranial pressure.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
pol
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3843
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
227-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Features of intracranial hypertension as a manifestation of cauda equina tumor].
pubmed:affiliation
Klinika Neurologii, Akademia Medyczna, ul. M. Sk?odowskiej-Curie 24a, 15-276 Bia?ystok. drozdowski@cksr.ac.bialystok.pl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports