We present a rare case of acute onset cauda equina syndrome caused by a ruptured myxopapillary ependymoma with accompanying hemorrhage. A 26-year-old healthy woman developed muscle weakness and sensory disturbances in her bilateral lower extremities. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a huge mass from the L1 body to the L2-3 disc level. She was able to ambulate with crutches after the tumor was ...

STUDY DESIGN Fifty patients surgically treated for tethered cord syndrome (TCS) were retrospectively studied at Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi from 2010 until 2014. PURPOSE To assess the common presentations of TCS in our part of the world and the surgical outcome of the different presentations. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE TCS is a stretch-induced functional disorder of the spinal cord with ...

Extracellular space (ECS) diffusion parameters were studied in isolated frog spinal cord grey matter and filum terminale (FT), that is predominantly composed of glial cells and axons. We compared the cell swelling induced by K(+) application, hypotonic stress and tetanic stimulation of afferent input. The ECS diffusion parameters, volume fraction alpha (alpha = ECS volume/total tissue volume), ...

Paragangliomas are extra-adrenal counterparts of pheochromocytomas and are found at various anatomical sites such as the retroperitoneum, mediastinum, jugular foramen and carotid bifurcation, the latter two fonns being coined as chemodectomas. The vertebral column, especially the llUllbar zone, is one of the rarest sites to be involved by paragangliomas. These lesions may have secretory fun...