title: Spinal meningioma arising from a lumbar nerve root. Case report.
abstract: A case is reported of cauda equina compression from an intradural meningioma arising from the L-5 nerve root in a young man.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Fung
mesh_terms: 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