Spinal cord tumor hidden by comorbidities

Comorbidities present in complex cases can frequently hide new diseases, may influence treatment decisions and can augment risks. The nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is a risk factor for inducing stroke, but treated with anticoagulant drugs in a right way atrial fibrillation is not responsible for the onset of all new motor deficits in a patient. The anamnesis, the thorough clinical neurological examination, associated with specific paraclinical diagnosis methods can lead to the right diagnosis, showing, in this specific case presented, a meningioma of the spinal cord localised in the high cervical region, treated by neurosurgery.