Myoepithelioma: A tale of uncommon benign spinal cord tumor presenting with spastic paraplegia

Abstract

The current study reports the case of 3year old female child who presented in our institute with the history of weakness of both lower limbs ,bowel and bladder incontinence since 2 years. Patient was evaluated further and found to have spinal cord lesion extending from C5 to D3 vertebral levels . The patient was taken for surgery and debulking of the tumor was done .Biopsy of the lesion was proven to be myoepithelioma .The patient was followed up for the past 2 years which showed significant improvement with near normal power on both lower limbs ,increased sensation to pain below T5 dermatomes and no evidence of bowel /bladder incontinence .