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Lumbar Spine Lymphoplasmacytic-Rich Meningioma-The First Case of Literature

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Luis Cardoso*, Ricardo Nogueira, Lino Fonseca, Pedro Branco, Bernardo Smet and Pedro Roque

Objective: Lymphoplasmacytic-rich meningioma (LPRM) is a very rare benign subtype. Occurs mostly in cerebral convexities, skull base, parasagittal tentorial area and cervical spinal canal. There isn´t any report of cases below to the cervical spine. The authors propose to present a very rare case of a patient with lumbar spine
Lymphoplasmacytic-rich meningioma operated.

Methods: We report a 39 years male patient with intense and fast progressive low back pain, refractory to medication. The pain had left inguinocrural irradiation, without neurological deficits. A Lumbar MRI was performed and shows an expansive intracanalar lesion, left-lateralized and occupying the left L1-L2 foramen.
The patient was operated and was perform... view more»

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