%0 Journal Article
%T Symptomatic thoracic spinal cord compression caused by postsurgical pseudomeningocele
%A Pereira Filho
%A Arthur de Azambuja
%A David
%A Gustavo de
%A Pereira Filho
%A Gustavo de Azambuja
%A Brasil
%A Albert Vincent Berthier
%J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
%D 2007
%I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
%R 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000200017
%X we report the first case of symptomatic thoracic spinal cord compression caused by postsurgical pseudomeningocele. a 49-year-old man sought treatment for progressive loss of strength in the lower extremities ten months after full neurological recovery for a thoracic (t11) intradural-extramedullary schwannoma. magnetic resonance imaging revealed a postsurgical thoracic (t11-t12) pseudomeningocele. the surgical approach showed an inadequate dural closure with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid fistula. the defect was sealed with suture, muscle and biological glue covering. the patient had a good recovery. pseudomeningocele must take part of the differential diagnosis of myelopathy after thoracic spine surgery.
%K pseudomeningocele
%K spinal cord compression
%K myelopathy.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X2007000200017&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en