title: Multiple sclerosis coexisting with spinal cord ependymoma: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this paper, we report a coexistence of multiple sclerosis and an intradural spinal cord tumor.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 34-year-old woman who had a history of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis for the last 15-years presented with acute sensory loss and spasticity in her left lower limb and her spinal magnetic resonance imaging study revealed an intradural spinal cord tumor in the lumbar spine, further diagnosed as ependymoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We call attention to this rare association of MS and a spinal cord tumor, emphasizing the need for investigation of new symptoms during the evolution of MS.
authors.affiliation: Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, [corrected] Neurology Department, Denizli, Turkey 90-20020. [corrected]. eylemteke@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Eylem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Degirmenci
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020529:Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / Q000150:complications*; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000209:etiology; D020886:Somatosensory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery