Open AccessSpinal cord tumor hidden by comorbidities
Author(s) -
Gabriela Mihăilescu,
Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie „Carol Davila“ Bucureşti,
Secţia Neurologie I Spitalul Clinic Colentina
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian journal of medical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6108
pISSN - 1842-8258
DOI - 10.37897/rjmp.2015.4.16
Subject(s) - medicine , anamnesis , atrial fibrillation , neurosurgery , stroke (engine) , meningioma , spinal cord , cardiology , intensive care medicine , surgery , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering
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.