A Rare Case of Right Paravertebral Myoepithelioma with Intradural Extension Causing Cord Compression View PDF

^*Manit Arora
Department Of Orthopaedics, DY Patil Hospital And Research Centre, Navi Mumbai, India

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Manit Arora
Department Of Orthopaedics, DY Patil Hospital And Research Centre, Navi Mumbai, India
Email:manit_arora@hotmail.com

Published on: 2014-05-28

Abstract

Myoepithelial tumors occur mainly in the salivary glands, the sweat glands or the breast. There has been no case of paravertebral myoepithelioma with intradural extension reported in the literature. We present a case of a large right paravertebral myoepithelioma with intradural extension causing cord compression that was referred to our institution for palliative cord decompression.

Keywords

Paravertebral Myoepithelioma; Cord Compression

Introduction

Myopethilelial tumors are most frequently encountered in the salivary glands, sweat glands and mammary glands, in descending order of frequency. These neoplasms usually show morphological characteristics resembeling those of myoepithelial cells in the affected gland system. Little is understood about these rare neoplasms, possibly due to their paucity of occurrence and reporting.To the authors’ knowledge, there are no previously reported cases of intradural spinal involvement of myoepithelioma.