[Persistent nerve root compression symptoms following lumbar intervertebral disk operation caused by spinal...

Case history of a woman who was operated on a lumbar disc. After a mild improvement again radicular pain and neurological deterioration occurred and a second operation on a recurrence was performed. Intraoperatively a malignant tumour (neurofibrosarcoma) within the root sheath reaching into the pelvis was found. In spite of laparatomy and radiotherapy this patient died five months later.