Open AccessTotally cystic intradural schwannoma in thoracic region
Author(s) -
Sushil Kumar,
Raghavendra Gupta,
Amit Handa,
Rajeshwari Sinha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.145570
Subject(s) - schwannoma , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , histopathology , nerve root , anatomy , thoracic vertebrae , thoracic spine , radiology , pathology , lumbar vertebrae , lumbar
Spinal schwannomas are benign intradural extramedullary tumors arising from spinal nerve root sheath. They are usually solid or heterogeneously solid. Totally cystic schwannomas are rare entities. Herein, we report a 60-year-old male presenting with backache radiating along the chest wall and weakness of both lower limbs. He had spastic paraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic mass in the thoracic region. At operation, the cystic mass was seen to be attached to D4 dorsal rootlets. It was excised in toto and histopathology confirmed it to be a schwannoma. The relevant literature is reviewed.