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The authors describe a case of functionless non-chromaffin paraganglioma of the retroperitoneal space, that invaded the spinal canal causing a cross section syndrome of the cauda equina. The case is described because of the unusual clinical evolution of the tumour in question, never previously described.
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Ciappetta, P., Perrino, G. & Albrizio, M. Functionless non-chromaffin retropetitoneal paraganglioma causing cauda equina compression. Acta neurochir 53, 181–186 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02074791
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