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  • Title: [Persistent nerve root compression symptoms following lumbar intervertebral disk operation caused by spinal neurofibrosarcoma].
    Author: Krüger E.
    Journal: Neurochirurgia (Stuttg); 1988 Mar; 31(2):78-80. PubMed ID: 3380243.
    Abstract:
    Case history of a woman who was operated on a lumbar disc. After a mild improvement again radicular pain and neurological deterioration occurred and a second operation on a recurrence was performed. Intraoperatively a malignant tumour (neurofibrosarcoma) within the root sheath reaching into the pelvis was found. In spite of laparatomy and radiotherapy this patient died five months later.
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