Symptomatic cerebellar metastasis and late local recurrence of a cauda equina paraganglioma. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1995 Jul;83(1):166-9. doi: 10.3171/jns.1995.83.1.0166.

Abstract

This case report contains a description of a 61-year-old patient who presented with a progressive truncal ataxia 22 years after complete removal of a small paraganglioma of the cauda equina. Magnetic resonance imaging of the neuraxis revealed a large cystic lesion in the cerebellar midline, three small cortical-to-subcortical nodular tumors in the posterior fossa, and local recurrences of the paraganglioma of the cauda equina. Pathological examination showed the cerebellar midline lesion to be a paraganglioma, most likely a metastasis from the cauda equina localization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cauda Equina*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis*
  • Paraganglioma / diagnosis
  • Paraganglioma / secondary*
  • Paraganglioma / surgery
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed