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Published on: August 17, 2022
Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of Spinal Canal: Brief Case Report
Maciej Bryl1, Jan Fortuniak1, Karol Wiśniewski1
1Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi, Lodz, Lodzkie, Poland.
Abstract:
We describe a case of an intradural extramedullary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the cervical spine. A 56-year-old woman presented with progressive neck pain, radiating to the right scapula, without any neurologic deficit. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an intradural extramedullary tumor with a dural tail sign, located at the C3-T1 segment with homogeneous contrast enhancement. The patient was operated on for a suspected meningioma. Pathologic examination showed fibrosis and inflammation with infiltration of B and T lymphocytes accompanied by plasmocytes, macrophages, and myofibroblast oocytes. We present the clinical course and review of the literature.

