Acute posttraumatic paraplegia associated with asymptomatic thoracic meningioma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of a patient with acute paraparesis after compression fracture of the twelfth vertebra with progressive neurological deterioration is reported. The occurrence of clinical asymptomatic thoracic meningioma and coincidence with posttraumatic compression fracture of the vertebra at the same level resulting in acute paraparesis is extremely rare.
Medical subject headings
- Meningeal Neoplasms
- Meningioma
- Paraplegia
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Fractures
- Thoracic Vertebrae