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We report the coexistence of multiple sclerosis (MS) and an intradural extramedullary spinal cord tumour in a 46-year-old woman with a 2-year history of MS. The patient presented with right hemitrunk and lower extremity paraesthesias, urinary incontinence, and intermittent lower right back and abdominal pain, which did not respond to pulse steroid therapy. A spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study revealed an intradural extramedullary spinal cord tumour in the lower thoracic spine, later diagnosed as schwannoma. We call attention to this rare association of MS and a spinal cord tumour, and emphasize the need for scrutiny of new and uncommon symptoms during the follow-up of MS patients.
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Received: 2 April 2002 / Accepted in revised form: 28 May 2002
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Etus, V., Akansel, G., Ilbay, K. et al. Multiple sclerosis and coexisting intradural extramedullary spinal cord tumour: a case report. Neurol Sci 23, 119–122 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100720200037
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100720200037