Left somatosensory cortex tumor presented with radicular hand pain and paresthesia

Concurrent lesions in the brain and spinal cord, which can produce similar symptoms are truly confusing situations. Herein, we report on a 56-year-old woman who suffered from an intermittent radicular pain and paresthesia in her right upper limb and mild headache. Imaging showed a cervical vertebral...

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Published in:	Archives of Iranian medicine Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 107 - 109
Main Authors:	Khalatbari, Mahmoudreza, Ghalenoui, Hosein, Yahyavi, Seyyed-Taha, Borghei-Razavi, Hamid
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Iran 01-01-2008
Subjects:	Brain Neoplasms - complications Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis Cerebral Angiography Diagnosis, Differential Female Hand Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Middle Aged Pain - etiology Paresthesia - etiology Radiculopathy - complications Radiculopathy - diagnosis Somatosensory Cortex - pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:	Concurrent lesions in the brain and spinal cord, which can produce similar symptoms are truly confusing situations. Herein, we report on a 56-year-old woman who suffered from an intermittent radicular pain and paresthesia in her right upper limb and mild headache. Imaging showed a cervical vertebral disc herniation and a small round tumor of the somatosensory cortex with clear border, considered as a little meningioma, which could be followed. To deal with these two concurrent lesions, we faced a challenging condition.
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ISSN:	1029-2977