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CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2024; 59(S 01): e109-e113
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770977
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Laparoscopic-assisted Resection of a Retroperitoneal Lumbar Nerve Root Neurofibroma: A Case Report

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Authors

  • Miguel Relvas-Silva

    1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
  • Estevão Rodrigues Lima

    2   Departamento de Urologia, Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Manuel Ribeiro Silva

    3   Departamento de Ortopedia, Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal
    4   i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • Nuno Neves

    3   Departamento de Ortopedia, Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal
    4   i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
    5   INEB - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal


Financial Support This study did not receive any financial support from public, commercial public, commercial, or non-profit sources.
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Abstract

We present a case of a 59-year-old patient with chronic low back pain, caused by a retroperitoneal intraneural tumour. Laparoscopic excision was performed and histology revealed a spinal nerve root neurofibroma. Post-operatively, the patient developed partial motor and sensitive deficits due to tumoral nerve entrapment, with progressive recovery with rehabilitation. This report reviews the literature on this sparsely reported condition, highlighting the utility of laparoscopy in its management.

Study carried out at the Department of Orthopedics at Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal.




Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 13. Dezember 2022

Angenommen: 27. März 2023

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
29. Januar 2024

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