Intraspinal Lymphangioma Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation
Intraspinal soft tissue lymphangioma is extremely rare and very few cases of intraspinal lymphangioma have been reported. To our knowledge, most reported intraspinal lymphangioma cases manifested only pain or minor neurologic sign. We report here one case of intraspinal lymphangioma which caused pro...
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Korean Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Society
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| description | Intraspinal soft tissue lymphangioma is extremely rare and very few cases of intraspinal lymphangioma have been reported. To our knowledge, most reported intraspinal lymphangioma cases manifested only pain or minor neurologic sign. We report here one case of intraspinal lymphangioma which caused profound foot drop. Total removal could be achieved by two microscopic surgeries because of initial misdiagnosis as an organized herniated disc fragment. Six months later, the weakness of her right ankle and big toe was improved to grade 3. There was no evidence of clinical recurrence or aggravation at the final followup visit. If there is an impression suggesting tumorous lesion as in our case, more aggressive evaluation and treatment policy is required to avoid unnecessary further surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4fa695aa54041b3a3d3ed38bdf53fb42023-01-17T04:11:36ZengKorean Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery SocietyJournal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique2508-20432018-05-0131394110.21182/jmisst.2017.0027642Intraspinal Lymphangioma Mimicking Lumbar Disc HerniationWoo Seok Kim0Yong Ahn1 Department of Neurosurgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea Department of Neurosurgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, KoreaIntraspinal soft tissue lymphangioma is extremely rare and very few cases of intraspinal lymphangioma have been reported. To our knowledge, most reported intraspinal lymphangioma cases manifested only pain or minor neurologic sign. We report here one case of intraspinal lymphangioma which caused profound foot drop. Total removal could be achieved by two microscopic surgeries because of initial misdiagnosis as an organized herniated disc fragment. Six months later, the weakness of her right ankle and big toe was improved to grade 3. There was no evidence of clinical recurrence or aggravation at the final followup visit. If there is an impression suggesting tumorous lesion as in our case, more aggressive evaluation and treatment policy is required to avoid unnecessary further surgery.http://www.jmisst.org/upload/pdf/jmisst-2017-00276.pdfintraspinallumbar disc herniationlymphangioma |
| spellingShingle | Woo Seok Kim Yong Ahn Intraspinal Lymphangioma Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique intraspinal lumbar disc herniation lymphangioma |
| title | Intraspinal Lymphangioma Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation |
| title_full | Intraspinal Lymphangioma Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation |
| title_fullStr | Intraspinal Lymphangioma Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intraspinal Lymphangioma Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation |
| title_short | Intraspinal Lymphangioma Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation |
| title_sort | intraspinal lymphangioma mimicking lumbar disc herniation |
| topic | intraspinal lumbar disc herniation lymphangioma |
| url | http://www.jmisst.org/upload/pdf/jmisst-2017-00276.pdf |
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