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Sciatica from a Foraminal Lumbar Root Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of Literature
Sciatica is commonly caused by lumbar prolapsed intervertebral disc (PID) and other spinal lesions. Uncommon causes like nerve root schwannoma are rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of sciatica. Spinal schwannomas occur both sporadically and in association with neurofibromatosis type 1...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/142143 |
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author | Rustagi, Tarush Badve, Siddharth Parekh, Aseem N. |
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description | Sciatica is commonly caused by lumbar prolapsed intervertebral disc (PID) and other spinal lesions. Uncommon causes like nerve root schwannoma are rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of sciatica. Spinal schwannomas occur both sporadically and in association with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1; von Recklinghausen's disease). This case report describes lumbar foraminal schwannoma as an unusual cause of radiculopathy, presenting clinically as a lumbar disc prolapse. The diagnosis was confirmed on MRI scan. Patient had complete symptomatic recovery following surgical enucleation of the tumour mass from the L5 nerve root. This case report is of particular interest as it highlights the diagnostic confusion, which is bound to arise, because the clinical presentation closely mimics a lumbar PID. This often leads to delay in diagnosis and “failure of conservative treatment.” |
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spelling | pubmed-35042262012-12-20 Sciatica from a Foraminal Lumbar Root Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of Literature Rustagi, Tarush Badve, Siddharth Parekh, Aseem N. Case Rep Orthop Case Report Sciatica is commonly caused by lumbar prolapsed intervertebral disc (PID) and other spinal lesions. Uncommon causes like nerve root schwannoma are rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of sciatica. Spinal schwannomas occur both sporadically and in association with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1; von Recklinghausen's disease). This case report describes lumbar foraminal schwannoma as an unusual cause of radiculopathy, presenting clinically as a lumbar disc prolapse. The diagnosis was confirmed on MRI scan. Patient had complete symptomatic recovery following surgical enucleation of the tumour mass from the L5 nerve root. This case report is of particular interest as it highlights the diagnostic confusion, which is bound to arise, because the clinical presentation closely mimics a lumbar PID. This often leads to delay in diagnosis and “failure of conservative treatment.” Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3504226/ /pubmed/23259107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/142143 Text en Copyright © 2012 Tarush Rustagi et al. 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Rustagi, Tarush Badve, Siddharth Parekh, Aseem N. Sciatica from a Foraminal Lumbar Root Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of Literature |
title | Sciatica from a Foraminal Lumbar Root Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_full | Sciatica from a Foraminal Lumbar Root Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_fullStr | Sciatica from a Foraminal Lumbar Root Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Sciatica from a Foraminal Lumbar Root Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_short | Sciatica from a Foraminal Lumbar Root Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of Literature |
title_sort | sciatica from a foraminal lumbar root schwannoma: case report and review of literature |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/142143 |
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