• World Neurosurg · Apr 2024

    Case Reports

    Upstream Effects: Intraoperative Migration of Intradural Extramedullary Tumor after Non-Adjacent Level Stenosis Decompression.

    • KolcunJohn Paul GJPGDepartment of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: JohnPaul_G_Kolcun@rush.edu. and John E O'Toole.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: JohnPaul_G_Kolcun@rush.edu.
    • World Neurosurg. 2024 Apr 1; 184: 163164163-164.

    AbstractA 74-year-old man with back pain, foot numbness, and hip/thigh radiculopathy was found to have an L1-L2 intradural extramedullary neoplasm and severe L4-L5 stenosis. L4-L5 minimally invasive laminectomy for decompression and concomitant L1-L2 minimally invasive laminectomy for tumor resection were planned. L4-L5 laminectomy was completed first followed by the L1-L2 laminectomy. On extensive intradural exploration at L1-L2, no neoplasm was found. Immediate postoperative imaging showed that the intradural extramedullary tumor had migrated caudally by nearly a complete spinal level, presumably due to changes in cerebrospinal fluid pressure and resultant shift in intradural contents after the L4-L5 laminectomy. Successful resection of the intradural extramedullary tumor was performed, with improvement in the patient's symptoms.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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