This case is about a child who had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt due to a hydrocephalus related to a cystic craniopharyngioma. Postoperative, he presented abdominal distension and meningismus. Imaging showed regression of the tumor. The cyst was drained by the shunt. No previous similar situations was reported in the literature.

Paraganglioma is a benign neuro-endocrine neoplasm rarely localized on the lumbar spine. A 50-year-old male who presented for paraparesis and urinary leakage. Lumbar spine MRI showed a lesion compressing the dural sac from L1 to L5. The patient was operated, and the pathologic examination concluded to a cauda equine paraganglioma