title: Mobile epidermoid tumours of the lumbar spinal canal.
abstract: A case of a 19-year-old female with a mobile epidermoid tumour in the lumbar spinal canal is reported. Magnetic resonance images taken twice before surgery revealed movement of the tumour from L2 to L1-2 in a 2-week interval. At surgery the tumour, which was shiny and fragile, was totally removed and the pain disappeared after surgery. This is the first reported case of a mobile epidermoid tumour in the lumbar region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Aichi Medical University, 21 Karimata, Nagakute-cho, Aichi-gun 480-1195, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hongo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mizuno