Hydrocephalus and cavernoma of the cauda equina

Neurosurgery. 1990 Jul;27(1):139-42. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199007000-00023.

Abstract

The association of a tumor of the cauda equina and hydrocephalus is unusual. We report a case of hydrocephalus with normal pressure associated with an equally rare affliction, a cavernous angioma of the cauda equina, which regressed after surgical ablation. The physiological mechanism involved is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cauda Equina / diagnostic imaging
  • Cauda Equina / pathology*
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / complications*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / complications*
  • Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / complications*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / complications*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed