DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2014.v02i04.0029

Pages: 308-310

Paragangliomas of the spine are rare neuroendocrine tumours. We present a case of Paraganglioma of the spine (L2-4), clinically diagnosed as lumbar schwannoma. A 40 year old female presented with low back pain for which she was investigated. Her MRI showed intradural / extra medullary well defined mass lesion at the L2-4 level. She underwent surgical excision. Histopathological examination of the resected tumour mass revealed features suggestive of paraganglioma. The tumour cells were positive for chromogranin, synaptophysin and S100 .Although Paragangliomas are rare in spinal region, and it should be included in differential diagnosis.