Open AccessAcute hemorrhage within intradural extramedullary schwannoma in cervical spine presenting with quadriparesis
Author(s) -
Ranjan Kumar Sahoo,
Pankaj Das,
Gouri Sankar Sarangi,
Supriya Mohanty
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.156069
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , neck pain , magnetic resonance imaging , cervical spine , radiology , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
Schwannoma with acute hemorrhage is rarely seen. A 44-years-old male patient presented with complaint of neck pain and acute onset of quadriparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of his cervical spine revealed evidence of an intradural extramedullary tumor with intratumoral acute hemorrhage. He was operated in emergency and the mass was found to be schwannoma with acute hemorrhage. Post operatively the patient improved significantly. Though schwannomas show microscopic intratumoral hemorrhage and necrosis at times, schwannoma with acute hemorrhage resulting acute onset of neurological deficit is very uncommon.