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Primary Subdural Extramedullary Neurocytoma: A Case Report

Volume 6 - Issue 4

Sihua Yang, Jiawei Yang, Jian Hu and Guangyu Tang*

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- Department of Radiology, Tenth People’s hospital of Tongji, University School of Medicine, China
*Corresponding author: Guangyu Tang, Chief Doctor and Professor, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University School of Medicine, China

Received: June 04, 2018; Published: July 12, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.06.001394

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Abstract

Neurocytoma as an extramedullary lesion is extremely rare in spinal canal. We present a case with primary subdural extramedullary neurocytoma of thoracic-lumbosacral spine. The patient presented with sore waist and numbness of right foot for half a month, as well as progressively increasing weakness of both lower limbs. An extramedullary tumor was revealed in the thoracic-lumbosacral level bymagnetic resonance imaging(MRI) and confirmed by pathology as extra ventricular Neurocytoma. In conclude, whenever a patient is diagnosed to have an extramedullary tumour in the thoracic-lumbosacral level, neurocytoma should be considered within the differential diagnosis despite its rarity.

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