Schwannoma of T12 Vertebra: Case Report and Review of Literature

We report a case of schwannoma of the twelfth thoracic vertebra that presented with paraparesis. The tumour was excised, and posterior and anterior stabilisation was performed. Eighteenmonths following this procedure, the patient has solid bony union, satisfactory neurological improvement and no rec...

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Autores principales: Ramasamy, P., Shackleford, I., Al Jafari, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sarcoma 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2395441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18521301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/146243
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spelling pubmed-23954412008-06-02 Schwannoma of T12 Vertebra: Case Report and Review of Literature Ramasamy, P. Shackleford, I. Al Jafari, M. Sarcoma Case Report We report a case of schwannoma of the twelfth thoracic vertebra that presented with paraparesis. The tumour was excised, and posterior and anterior stabilisation was performed. Eighteenmonths following this procedure, the patient has solid bony union, satisfactory neurological improvement and no recurrence. Sarcoma 2000-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2395441/ /pubmed/18521301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/146243 Text en Copyright © 2000 Hindawi Publishing Corporation https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Schwannoma of T12 Vertebra: Case Report and Review of Literature
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title_full Schwannoma of T12 Vertebra: Case Report and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Schwannoma of T12 Vertebra: Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Schwannoma of T12 Vertebra: Case Report and Review of Literature
title_short Schwannoma of T12 Vertebra: Case Report and Review of Literature
title_sort schwannoma of t12 vertebra: case report and review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2395441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18521301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/146243
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