Paraganglioma of the filum terminale presenting with normal pressure hydrocephalus.
We describe a patient with an intraspinal paraganglioma who presented with normal pressure hydrocephalus. A 70-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of gait disturbance and cognitive dysfunction. Computed tomography of the brain and magnetic resonance imaging of the spine revealed communicating hydrocephalus and a spinal mass at the T12-L1 level which proved to be a paraganglioma of the filum terminale. Radioisotope cisternography revealed a severe delay in cerebrospinal fluid circulation. Symptoms related to communicating hydrocephalus resolved after tumor resection.
Rhee
Hak Young
HY
Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jo
Dae Jean
DJ
Lee
Jun-Hwan
JH
Kim
Sung Hun
SH
D000368:Aged; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011011:Pneumoencephalography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed