Acute posttraumatic paraplegia associated with asymptomatic thoracic meningioma

D Rasche; M-M Bonsanto; J Hamer; A Unterberg; V Tronnier

doi:10.1007/s00701-004-0438-6

Acute posttraumatic paraplegia associated with asymptomatic thoracic meningioma

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2005 Jun;147(6):669-70; discussion 670. doi: 10.1007/s00701-004-0438-6.

Authors

D Rasche¹, M-M Bonsanto, J Hamer, A Unterberg, V Tronnier

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 15726280
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0438-6

Abstract

A case of a patient with acute paraparesis after compression fracture of the twelfth vertebra with progressive neurological deterioration is reported. The occurrence of clinical asymptomatic thoracic meningioma and coincidence with posttraumatic compression fracture of the vertebra at the same level resulting in acute paraparesis is extremely rare.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Female
Humans
Meningeal Neoplasms / complications*
Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery
Meningioma / complications*
Meningioma / diagnostic imaging
Meningioma / surgery
Paraplegia / diagnostic imaging
Paraplegia / etiology*
Radiography
Spinal Cord Compression / complications*
Spinal Cord Compression / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord Compression / surgery
Spinal Fractures / complications*
Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Fractures / surgery
Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Vertebrae / injuries*
Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery