Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50737#.VEm6BVfHRK0 Author(s) Mohamed Aggouri , Ibrahima Berete , Meryem Himmich , Khalid Chakour , Chaoui Mohamed El Faiz Chaoui Affiliation(s) Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hassan II-Fez, Fez, Morocco . ABSTRACT A 50-year-old woman presented with mid-thoracic backache and progressive, spastic, paraparesis for 3 months. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an epidural mass without bone lesion at the level of thoracic vertebrae (T7, T8 and T9). The mass had a paraspinal invasion. The spinal cord was compressed ventrally. The lesion was totally excised through an anterolateral transthoracic approach. Histo...
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