Hydrocephalus and cavernoma of the cauda equina.
The association of a tumor of the cauda equina and hydrocephalus is unusual. We report a case of hydrocephalus with normal pressure associated with an equally rare affliction, a cavernous angioma of the cauda equina, which regressed after surgical ablation. The physiological mechanism involved is discussed.
Ramos
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Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bretonneau, Tours, France.
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Aesch
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D000368:Aged; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications*; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000150:complications*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed