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

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

Author(s) -

Jardel Mendonça Nicácio,

José Carlos Rodrigues,

Marcos Galles,

Igor Vilela Faquini,

Clemente Augusto de Brito Pereira,

Mario Ganau

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

rare tumors

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2036-3613

pISSN - 2036-3605

DOI - 10.4081/rt.2009.e44

Subject(s) - medicine , intramedullary rod , neurofibromatosis , schwannoma , surgery , radiology

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

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