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Acute paraplegia due to the intratumour haemorrhage of a spinal neurofibroma is a rare condition. We describe 2 patients with this unusual presentation. Surgical treatment was successful in both patients. These 2 cases are reported, and the literature is reviewed.
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Shih-Tseng, L., Lui, TN. Acute paraplegia resulting from haemorrhage into a spinal neurofibroma. Spinal Cord 30, 445–448 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1992.97
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