Simpson grade 3 resection does not improve clinical outcome in neglected thoracic psammomatous spinal meningioma? A case report

Abstract

Highlights Thoracic spinal psammomatous meningioma is a rare subtype of meningioma often present with pain, sensory-motor deficit, and sphincter disturbance. Neglected spinal cord compression can result in a permanent neurological deficit. Surgical resection of the tumor relieved the spinal cord in a neglected case. The severe preoperative neurological deficit as a predictor of a poor prognosis. The neurological function after surgery hardly returns to the functional stage in a neglected case.