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A spinal epidural dumbbell cellular schwannoma in an infant
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 19:767-769
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- Intraspinal schwannoma is a rare neoplasm in pediatric patients; cellular schwannoma is an unusual histological subtype of schwannoma. A six-month-old infant with an epidural dumbbell cellular schwannoma presented with progressive weakness of his arms and legs. A spinal MRI revealed an epidural mass from C5 to T4, and a complete surgical resection was achieved after laminotomy and facetectomy. The patient experienced a gradual neurological improvement and was still healthy without recurrence at the latest follow-up. The diagnosis of cellular schwannoma was confirmed on immunohistological examination.
- Subjects :
- Epidural Space
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Spinal mri
Schwannoma
Laminotomy
Cellular schwannoma
Physiology (medical)
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Humans
Medicine
neoplasms
Spinal Neoplasms
business.industry
Infant
General Medicine
medicine.disease
nervous system diseases
Surgery
Spinal epidural
Neurology
Facetectomy
Neurology (clinical)
Epidural mass
Dumbbell
business
Spinal Canal
Spinal Cord Compression
Neurilemmoma
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09675868
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aa85012ace29a328b0b8789b624139ed