title: [Teratoma of the medullary cone as a cause of peripheral polyneuropathy].
abstract: This paper describes a 45 year-old man who had a teratoma in the conus medullaris. The symptoms started about 20 years earlier, and for several years consisted of peripheral motor and sensory signs. Therefore the disease was interpreted as a motor and sensory neuropathy. The tumour was diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging. Histological examination revealed respiratory epithelium with connective tissue and fat.
authors.affiliation: Nevrologisk avdeling, Rikshospitalet, Oslo.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Eide
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skullerud
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Teratom i conus medullaris som årsak til perifer polyneuropati.