Iu Po Ping Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Cauda equina
Department of Neurosurgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Mr. Iu Po Ping, belongs to the department of Neurosurgery,, interest in the field of Paraganglioma; Cauda equina; Magnetic resonance imaging, From Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Author(s): Woo Yat Ming Peter, Hung Sze Lok, Wong Kai Sing Alain,Iu Po Ping, Chan Kwong Yau and Kwok Ching Kwong John
Hemorrhagic Paraganglioma of the Cauda Equina: Case Report and Review of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features
Cauda equina paragangliomas are rare tumors and are known to be highly vascular. Most patients are middle-aged adult males that present with non-specific symptoms of chronic lumbar back pain. We report a patient with acute cauda equina syndrome caused by a hemorrhagic cauda equina paraganglioma. Intraoperatively a hypervascular intradural extramedullary tumor was encountered and completely excised by first performing circumferential microsurgical devascularization.
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