RESUMEN

Paragangliomas rarely present as spine tumours. The correct diagnosis is generally not suspected pre-operatively and initial imaging is often non-specific. A 36-year-old man with low back pain, and progressive leg numbness and weakness, was found to have an expansile intradural extramedullary spinal tumour on radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging. Surgery revealed a paraganglioma. The features of spinal paraganglioma and differential diagnosis of intradural extramedullary tumours are discussed.

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Paraganglioma Extraadrenal/diagnóstico por imagen , Neoplasias de la Médula Espinal/diagnóstico por imagen , Adulto , Humanos , Vértebras Lumbares , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Paraganglioma Extraadrenal/diagnóstico , Neoplasias de la Médula Espinal/diagnóstico , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X