Recurrence of spinal schwannoma: Is it preventable?

Spinal schwannomas account for about 25% of primary intradural spinal cord tumors in adult. The prognosis for spinal schwannomas is excellent in most cases. Complete resection is curative. However following subtotal removal, recurrence develops after several years. We describe a case of recurrent sp...

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Autores principales: Senapati, Satya B., Mishra, Sudhansu S., Dhir, Manmath K., Patnaik, Ashis, Panigrahi, Souvagya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27695564
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145060
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Sumario:Spinal schwannomas account for about 25% of primary intradural spinal cord tumors in adult. The prognosis for spinal schwannomas is excellent in most cases. Complete resection is curative. However following subtotal removal, recurrence develops after several years. We describe a case of recurrent spinal schwannoma who had been operated twice before for same disease. The possible cause of recurrence and difficulties in reoperation are discussed.

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