Giant solitary cystic schwannoma of the cervical spine: a case report
| Autor: | Matthew A. Kirkman, Angelique F. Albert, Daniel du Plessis, Richard Cowie, Nikolaos G. Tzerakis, Raphael H. Sacho |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Spinal Cord Neoplasm Schwannoma Benign tumours Neurosurgical Procedures Lumbar otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Bone Cysts Humans Paresthesia Spinal Cord Neoplasms Neck pain Neck Pain medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Cervical spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging medicine.anatomical_structure Cervical Vertebrae Surgery Neurology (clinical) Radiology medicine.symptom business Neurilemmoma Cervical vertebrae |
| Zdroj: | Clinical neurology and neurosurgery. 114(4) |
| ISSN: | 1872-6968 |
| Popis: | Schwannomas are benign tumours arising from Schwann cells, nd occur most commonly in nerve sheaths of the intradural xtramedullary region. Most schwannomas are solid or heterogeeous solid tumours, but can rarely undergo cystic degeneration, anthomatous change or haemorrhage [1]. Giant spinal schwanomas by definition extend over three or more vertebral levels 2]. Giant solitary cystic schwannomas are extremely rare and beter described in the lumbar region. To the best of our knowledge here are only two previous reported cases of a giant solitary cystic chwannoma of the cervical region [3,4]. Here we describe another resentation of this unique pathology. |
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