ミウラ　イサム   ISAMU Miura   三浦　勇    所属   医学部 医学科（東京女子医科大学病院）    職種   助教
論文種別	症例報告
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Two cases of normal pressure hydrocephalus caused by ependymoma of the cauda equina.
掲載誌名	正式名：Surgical neurology international 略　 称：Surg Neurol Int ISSNコード：22295097/21527806
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	12,pp.8
著者・共著者	Miura Isamu†*, Kubota Motoo, Momozaki Nobuhiko, Yuzurihara Masahito
担当区分	筆頭著者
発行年月	2021
概要	Background:Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) associated with tumors of the cauda equina is rare. Here, we report two cases of NPH attributed to cauda equina ependymomas.Case Description:A 63-year-old male presented with progressive gait disturbance, dementia, and urinary incontinence. When the lumbar MR documented an intradural tumor involving the cauda equina at the L2-L3 level; the tumor was excised; pathologically, it proved to be a myxopapillary ependymoma. Postoperatively, however, the patient's continued gait disturbance led to a brain CT that documented ventricular dilation consistent with NPH; following ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement his symptoms improved. A 65-year-old female also presented with gait disturbance, dementia, and urinary retention. Here, procedures were performed in reverse. When a brain CT showed hydrocephalus, a VP shunt was placed. When symptoms persisted, a lumbar MR demonstrated a T12-L2 intradural tumor; following a lumbar laminectomy for tumor excision, symptoms stabilized. The pathological diagnosis was also consistent with a conus/cauda equina ependymoma. Over the next 10 years, the patient had residual bladder dysfunction (e.g., requiring straight catheterization), but had no shunt dysfunction.Conclusion:We observed two cases of ependymomas of the cauda equina and brain CTs documenting NPH that was successfully surgically managed with stabilization of neurological deficit. In the first case, L2-L3 laminectomy for tumor removal was succeeded by shunting for NPH, while in the second case, initial VP shunting for NPH was followed by a T12-L2 laminectomy for tumor excision.
DOI	10.25259/SNI_851_2020
PMID	33500823