Spinal meningioma arising from a lumbar nerve root. Case report.
A case is reported of cauda equina compression from an intradural meningioma arising from the L-5 nerve root in a young man.
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Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong.
Chan
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Mann
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Fung
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009192:Myelography; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed