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

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...

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Autores principales: Nicácio, Jardel Mendonça, Rodrigues, José Carlos, Galles, Marcos Henrique Lima, Faquini, Igor Vilela, de Brito Pereira, Clemente Augusto, Ganau, Mario
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139923
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e44
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Sumario: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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