Vega-Moreno DA, González-Jiménez ME, Reyes-Rodríguez VA, Ibarra-de la Torre A, Santellán-Hernández JO, Betancourt-Quiroz C, López-Valdés JC, Moral-Naranjo AA, García-González U. Case of anterolateral migration of herniated cervical disc fragment mimicking a spinal meningioma.
Surg Neurol Int 2021;
12:415. [PMID:
34513179 PMCID:
PMC8422421 DOI:
10.25259/sni_697_2021]
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Abstract
Background:
Before the introduction of high-resolution MR, few disc fragments were misdiagnosed as meningiomas.
Case Description:
A 63-year-old female presented with a 6-month history of mild to moderate pain in the left arm, weakness 4/5 in the left arm C5-C6 distribution, and a loss of the left biceps reflex response. Although the MR study was read as showing a C5-C6 level probable spinal meningioma, this proved to be a sequestrated disc fragment at surgery.
Conclusion:
Rarely, cervical disc herniations may be misdiagnosed on MR studies as spinal meningiomas.
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