Giant lumbosacral schwannoma in a child

Small spinal intradural extramedullary schwannoma are a common occurrence in the middle aged. However, giant schwannoma in pediatric age group is rare. We report one such case of giant extradural lumbosacral schwannoma in an 8-year-old child. Clinical features, histopathology and management of giant...

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Autores principales: Kataria, Rashim, Kurmi, Dhruba Jyoti, Mehta, Jayanti, Sinha, Virendra Deo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23248693
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.102576
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author Kataria, Rashim
Kurmi, Dhruba Jyoti
Mehta, Jayanti
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description Small spinal intradural extramedullary schwannoma are a common occurrence in the middle aged. However, giant schwannoma in pediatric age group is rare. We report one such case of giant extradural lumbosacral schwannoma in an 8-year-old child. Clinical features, histopathology and management of giant schwannoma is discussed and the present literature reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-35190712012-12-17 Giant lumbosacral schwannoma in a child Kataria, Rashim Kurmi, Dhruba Jyoti Mehta, Jayanti Sinha, Virendra Deo J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Small spinal intradural extramedullary schwannoma are a common occurrence in the middle aged. However, giant schwannoma in pediatric age group is rare. We report one such case of giant extradural lumbosacral schwannoma in an 8-year-old child. Clinical features, histopathology and management of giant schwannoma is discussed and the present literature reviewed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3519071/ /pubmed/23248693 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.102576 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Giant lumbosacral schwannoma in a child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519071/
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