Combined Unilateral Hemilaminectomy and Thoracoscopic Resection of the Dumbbell-Shaped Thoracic Neurinoma: A Case Report | Zendy

Toshihide Tanaka | Zendy; Naoki Kato | Zendy; Ken Aoki | Zendy; Aya Nakamura | Zendy; Mitsuyoshi Watanabe | Zendy; Satoru Tochigi | Zendy; Hideki Marushima | Zendy; Tadashi Akiba | Zendy; Yuzuru Hasegawa | Zendy; Toshiaki Abe | Zendy

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Combined Unilateral Hemilaminectomy and Thoracoscopic Resection of the Dumbbell-Shaped Thoracic Neurinoma: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Toshihide Tanaka,

Naoki Kato,

Ken Aoki,

Aya Nakamura,

Mitsuyoshi Watanabe,

Satoru Tochigi,

Hideki Marushima,

Tadashi Akiba,

Yuzuru Hasegawa,

Toshiaki Abe

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in neurological medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6668

pISSN - 2090-6676

DOI - 10.1155/2012/517563

Subject(s) - medicine , intervertebral foramen , dumbbell , foramen , magnetic resonance imaging , spinal canal , thoracic vertebrae , resection , radiology , laminectomy , surgery , lumbar vertebrae , spinal cord , lumbar , psychiatry , physical therapy

A 41-year-old woman complained of chest pain when coughing. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging disclosed a homogenously enhanced tumor occupying the spinal canal at the Th7 level and extending into the right paravertebral space through the intervertebral foramen between Th7 and Th8. The tumor was successfully removed via a posterolateral approach using unilateral hemilaminectomy followed by thoracoscopic surgery. Since the tumor had a dumbbell shape, a combined approach was considered essential. The histological diagnosis was a thoracic neurinoma. Combined hemilaminectomy and thoracoscopic surgery may be a good alternative for the management of thoracic dumbbell-shaped tumors.

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