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Report of a 33-year-old man with a yearlong historory of low-back pain radiating into the left leg. Neurologic examination upon admission tto the hospital revealed a spinal compression syndrome at the lovel L5. Laminectomy at L4/5 revealed an encapsulated intradural tumor measuring 4×2.5×2.5 cm. The tumor was attached to the dorsal root L4 and extended downward to the conus region. Light and electron microscopy revealed features mostly consistent with a mixed chemodectoma and ganglioneuroma.
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Schmitt, H.P., Wurster, K., Bauer, M. et al. Mixed chemodectoma-ganglioneuroma of the conus medullaris region. Acta Neuropathol 57, 275–281 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692183
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