[Subarachnoid haemorrhage from an ependymoma of the filum terminale. (author's transl)].
The case of a patient suffering from acute lumbosciatic pain, flaccid paraplegia, bladder retention and subarachnoid hemorrage, is reported. The patient underwent operation for a large ependymoma of the filum terminale. The author underlines the rare association of a spinal cord tumour and subarachnoid hemorrage and the opportunity of a routine mielo-radiculographic examination in case of lumbo-sciatic pain requiring surgical intervention: the patient, in fact, had been operated for "lumbar disc prolapse", in an orthopaedic department, four years before.
D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*
Emorragia sub-aracnoidea da ependimoma del filum terminale