title: [Cauda equina meningioma in a girl: presentation of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: Meningiomas are unusual in childhood, and the intraspinal location is very uncommon. Those arising from lumbar dura matter are the most rare among spinal neoplasms of meningeal origin. We present the case of a 12-years-old girl with a cauda equina meningioma. As in previously reported cases, the initial complain was back pain with radicular irradiation. The girl had few neurological findings, with pyramidal signs of both lower limbs as single neurological impairment. She underwent surgical treatment through an open door laminoplasty and the tumour was completely removed without neurological deficit. After 2-year of follow-up she remains asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Barquero
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Figols
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cerezal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Canga
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Meningioma de la cauda equina en una niña: presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura.