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Paraganglioma in the spinal cord histologically mimicking ependymoma - a case report.

Nadezhda StefanovaYavor EnchevDeyan DzhenkovAntoniya Hachmeryan
Published in: Folia medica (2023)
Paraganglioma is a tumour lesion of neuroectodermal origin that occurs at various places in the human body, but is rarely observed in the spinal cord. Usually, it presents in the lumbar region (cauda equine and filum terminal) as a slow-growing painless tumour mass that causes local compression.
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