Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: a case report and review of the literature

Intramedullary schwannomas unrelated with neurofibromatosis are uncommon tumors, but if correctly diagnosed and properly treated they may have a good prognosis.They have a wide range of clinical presentations, commonly presenting as a slowly progressive motor or sensory syndrome. We present a case r...

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Published in:	Rare tumors Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. e44 - 140
Main Authors:	Nicácio, Jardel Mendonça, Rodrigues, José Carlos, Galles, Marcos Henrique Lima, Faquini, Igor Vilela, de Brito Pereira, Clemente Augusto, Ganau, Mario
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England PAGEPress Publications 28-12-2009 SAGE Publishing
Subjects:	Case Report Intramedullary schwannomas Neurofibromatosis Spinal cord tumors spinal cord tumors neurofibromatosis intramedullary schwannomas
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Summary:	Intramedullary schwannomas unrelated with neurofibromatosis are uncommon tumors, but if correctly diagnosed and properly treated they may have a good prognosis.They have a wide range of clinical presentations, commonly presenting as a slowly progressive motor or sensory syndrome. We present a case report of a patient without neurofibromatosis with a surgically treated cervical intramedullary schwannoma.
Bibliography:	Contributions: CABP conceived and supervised the paper, and approved the final version; JMN and IVF wrote and translated the article; MHL and JCJ gathered the data; MG helped in the translation and critical analysis of the paper. Conflict of interest: the authors report no conflicts of interest.
ISSN:	2036-3613 2036-3605 2036-3613
DOI:	10.4081/rt.2009.e44