A purely extradural lumbar nerve root cavernoma mimicking acute myeloid leukemia recurrence: Case report and literature review.

CONCLUSION: In patients with a history of leukemia, MS must be considered in the differential diagnosis for any epidural or nerve root lesion that appears following treatment. Although rare, cavernomas must be considered among the differential diagnoses for epidural nerve root lesions in the setting of AML. PMID: 28028446 [PubMed]
Source: Surgical Neurology International - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research