Foot drop caused by a brain tumor: a case report.
Foot drop is commonly caused by lumbar radiculopathy, peroneal nerve injury, spinal stenosis and other systemic diseases. It is usually thought as peripheral etiology, but it could be attributed to a central lesion, too. However, central lesions are rarely reported. We report a case diagnosed as a left parasagittal parietal tumor, in which drop foot was the only abnormal neurologic finding.
Lee
Yu-Shan
YS
Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.
Wang
Pao-Yu
PY
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005528:Foot / Q000294:innervation*; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male