Cauda Equina Syndrome in a Patient with Intradural Schwannoma at the Same Level as an Acute L2 Compression Fracture.

Intradural tumors are found often as either incidental findings or during evaluation during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for lumbar and/or radicular pain. This patient presented with an acute L2 compression fracture, however, the initial MRI identified a large spinal mass separate from the fracture but at the same level. The patient had acute upper lumbar pain after a fall but the neurologic examination also revealed findings of early cauda equina syndrome with muscle weakness, asymmetric leg numbness, and urinary incontinence.