Roche P H, Figarella-Branger D, Regis J, Peragut J C
Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1996;138(4):475-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01420312.
A case of cauda equina paraganglioma is described; subsequent intracranial and intraspinal metastases occurred after partial resection and adjunctive radiotherapy. Cerebrospinal fluid dissemination is a rare complication of spinal paragangliomas. Factors predictive of this unusual biological behaviour are discussed.
