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Schwannoma presenting as lumbar disc disease in an adolescent boy
Author(s) -
Lahat Eliezer,
Rothman Allen S.,
Aron Alan M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410200517
Subject(s) - schwannoma , medicine , lumbar , lumbar disc disease , disease , pediatrics , surgery , pathology
Lumbar disc disease and spinal cord tumors occur relatively rarely in the pediatric age group. We report on a 16‐year‐old boy who presented with signs and symptoms of lumbar disc disease that failed to respond to conservative treatment. He was diagnosed preoperatively to have schwannoma of the S‐1 root.