Spinal meningioma arising from a lumbar nerve root. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1989 Apr;70(4):646-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.1989.70.4.0646.

Abstract

A case is reported of cauda equina compression from an intradural meningioma arising from the L-5 nerve root in a young man.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Lumbosacral Region
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningioma / pathology*
  • Meningioma / surgery
  • Myelography
  • Spinal Nerve Roots / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed