What is it about?

A paraganglioma, which normally is not an aggressive tumor, spread to a woman's brain from her spine through her leptomeninges (part of the lining around the spine and brain).

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Why is it important?

This is only the 3rd time that this has happened in the world! (at least what's been reported in the literature)

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This page is a summary of: Leptomeningeal dissemination of a low-grade lumbar paraganglioma: case report, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, April 2017, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG),
DOI: 10.3171/2016.10.spine16948.
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