DOI: 10.363247/sjmcr.2018.v06i10.013

Pages: 780-782

Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors arising from neural crest cells. Spinal cord being the rare site of occurrence, common being jugulo-tympanic and carotid region. In the spinal cord they present as intradural extramedullary lesion. On imaging they mimic neurofibroma and histopathology can be confused with ependymoma. We report a case spinal paraganglioma in a 39 years old male patient presenting at L2 - L3 level, which was clinically diagnosed as neurofibroma. Histopathological examination revealed the tumor to be a paraganglioma.