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Review Case Reports
Spinal Epidural Inflammatory Pseudotumor: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
- Siba Narayan Bhujabal, Chandra Nath Pratap P Department of Neurosurgery, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India., Ranjit Behera, Pankaj Kumar Swarnakar, Manmath Kumar Dhir, and Sanjib Mishra.
- Department of Neurosurgery, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India. Electronic address: siba.bhujabal@gmail.com.
- World Neurosurg. 2018 Sep 1; 117: 225-228.
BackgroundInflammatory pseudotumor is a histologically proven benign tumor-like lesion of unknown etiopathogenesis. It is less commonly found in central nervous system, and least commonly in the spinal canal. Spinal epidural inflammatory pseudotumor is a rarely reported entity.Case DescriptionWe report a patient who presented with paraplegia, in whom a spinal epidural mass was diagnosed as an inflammatory pseudotumor after surgical excision followed by histopathology.ConclusionsIt was a radiologic dilemma; thus, complete excision was required for diagnosis and a better outcome.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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