PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ben Slamia, Lamia M.
AU  - Ben Jemaa, Haifa M.
AU  - Ben Salma, Hichem
AU  - Benammou, Sofien A.
TI  - Polyneuretic paraparesis revealing an intramedullary ependymoma
DP  - 2006 Jul 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 194--196
VI  - 11
IP  - 3
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/11/3/194.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/11/3/194.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2006 Jul 01; 11
AB  - Spinal tumors are rare; intramedullary tumors are uncommon among these lesions, and occur in only 10% of cases in adults. Ependymoma is the most frequent histological type (40-60%). We report the case of a 22-year-old girl, presenting with local back pain, ascendant paresthesia, a progressive flask paraparesis, and a vesical globe. The clinical examination concluded in a mild motor weakness with areflexia of both patellar and Achilles tendons. The diagnosis of intramedullary tumor was made on MRI. The radiological and the macroscopic aspects evoked an ependymoma; the diagnosis was histologically confirmed after surgery (myxopapillary ependymoma) with a favorable evolution.