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Spinal paraganglioma presenting as normal pressure hydrocephalus: a rare occurrence. 2020

Atul Vats, and Manjunath Prasad

Speciality Registrar, Neurosurgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.

Objective: We report a 63 years old female who presented with confusion, urinary retention and gait disturbances.Method: CT head shows communicating hydrocephalus. Spinal MRI demonstrated an L5- S1 intradural lesion.Result: Histopathology proved it to be paraganglioma. Postoperative CT head showed reduction in size of ventricles. Association between spinal tumors and hydrocephalus is known but occurs infrequently.Conclusion: The presence of an intraspinal tumor must be kept in mind as a possible cause of the hydrocephalus.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008279	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques.	Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010235	Paraganglioma	A neural crest tumor usually derived from the chromoreceptor tissue of a paraganglion, such as the carotid body, or medulla of the adrenal gland (usually called a chromaffinoma or pheochromocytoma). It is more common in women than in men. (Stedman, 25th ed; from Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)	Paraganglioma, Gangliocytic,Paragangliomata,Gangliocytic Paraganglioma,Gangliocytic Paragangliomas,Paragangliomas,Paragangliomatas
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006850	Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure	A form of compensated hydrocephalus characterized clinically by a slowly progressive gait disorder (see GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC), progressive intellectual decline, and URINARY INCONTINENCE. Spinal fluid pressure tends to be in the high normal range. This condition may result from processes which interfere with the absorption of CSF including SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, chronic MENINGITIS, and other conditions. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp631-3)	Hakim Syndrome,Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus,Hakim's Syndrome,Hydrocephalus, Normal-Pressure,NPH (Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus),Hakim Syndromes,Hakim's Syndromes,Hakims Syndrome,NPHs (Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus),Syndrome, Hakim,Syndrome, Hakim's,Syndromes, Hakim,Syndromes, Hakim's
D013120	Spinal Cord Neoplasms	Benign and malignant neoplasms which occur within the substance of the spinal cord (intramedullary neoplasms) or in the space between the dura and spinal cord (intradural extramedullary neoplasms). The majority of intramedullary spinal tumors are primary CNS neoplasms including ASTROCYTOMA; EPENDYMOMA; and LIPOMA. Intramedullary neoplasms are often associated with SYRINGOMYELIA. The most frequent histologic types of intradural-extramedullary tumors are MENINGIOMA and NEUROFIBROMA.	Intradural-Extramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Primary,Neoplasms, Spinal Cord,Primary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Primary Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Benign,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intradural-Extramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intramedullary,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Malignant,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Primary Intramedullary,Tumors, Spinal Cord,Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Cord Neoplasms,Neoplasm, Spinal Cord,Spinal Cord Neoplasm,Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Intradural Extramedullary,Spinal Cord Tumor,Spinal Cord Tumors,Tumor, Spinal Cord