A Case of Giant Neck Schwannoma Causing Hemiplegia

Autor:	Mitsuhiro Aoki, Kenichi Ando, Masayuki Asai, Yatsuji Ito, Keisuke Mizuta
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Leg weakness medicine.diagnostic_test Intracranial tumor business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Sympathetic nerve Schwannoma medicine.disease Cervical spine Surgery Otorhinolaryngology Biopsy Medicine Intracranial lesions Radiology business
Zdroj:	Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 103:677-681
ISSN:	1884-4545 0032-6313
DOI:	10.5631/jibirin.103.677
Popis:	A 60-year-old man seen for a giant right cervical mass and hemiplegic gait disturbance was found in computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to have a large cervical tumor pressing laterally on the carotid artery in the right parapharyngeal space and an intracranial tumor destroying the first cervical spine and cranial base. Cervical tumor biopsy identified schwannoma. Fluid volume from the cervical tumor discharged after biopsy and relieving left arm and leg weakness indicated that the cervical tumor, deriving from the sympathetic nerve, had adversely affected neurological signs via the intracranial mass derived from the cervical spinal radix. We removed the cervical tumor prior to the intracranial lesion, after which he could walk independently.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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