Acute posttraumatic paraplegia associated with asymptomatic thoracic meningioma.
A case of a patient with acute paraparesis after compression fracture of the twelfth vertebra with progressive neurological deterioration is reported. The occurrence of clinical asymptomatic thoracic meningioma and coincidence with posttraumatic compression fracture of the vertebra at the same level resulting in acute paraparesis is extremely rare.
Rasche
D
D
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. dirk.rasche@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Bonsanto
M-M
MM
Hamer
J
J
Unterberg
A
A
Tronnier
V
V
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery