Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Rare case of primary spinal ependymomatosis occurring in a 26-year-old man: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Rare case of primary spinal ependymomatosis occurring in a 26-year-old man a case report Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal 1 Nigel Suttner2 Brian Herron3 and Kishor A Choudhari2 Address National centre for Neurosurgery Beaumont Hospital Dublin-9 Republic of Ireland 2Department of Neurosurgery Regional Neurosciences Unit Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast BT12 6BA UK and 3Department of Neuropathology Regional Neurosciences Unit Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast BT12 6BA UK Email Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal - ckaliaperumal@ Nigel Suttner - Brian Herron - Kishor A Choudhari - kchoudhari@ Corresponding author Published 12 October 2009 Received 9 October 2009 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 72 doi l752-l947-3-72 Accepted 12 October 2009 This article is available from http content 3 l 72 2009 Kaliaperumal et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction The authors report a rare case of primary spinal ependymomatosis in a young adult man. Multiple primary ependymomatous lesions were seen on magnetic resonance imaging and no anaplasia was identified on the surgical-pathological analysis. The aetio-pathological mechanism and surgical significance of this rare occurrence is discussed. Case presentation A 26-year-old man of Polish origin presented with a ten-day history of pain in the left leg and lower back. This was followed by difficulty in urinating and a decrease in sensation in both legs. Examination revealed pyramidal signs and mild weakness in both lower limbs. He had early sphincter involvement requiring catheterization. .
