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Mobile Schwannoma of the Lumbar Spine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Mobile schwannomas of the spine have been sparsely documented in the literature. In cases referred to in existing literature, the migratory schwannoma was documented to occur in the lumbar spine. We added another case to the small available literature. In our case report, the patient had a previousl...

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Autores principales: Toscano, Daniel T, Felbaum, Daniel R, Ryan, Joshua E, Sayah, Anousheh, Nair, Mani N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5001955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27610287
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.715
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description Mobile schwannomas of the spine have been sparsely documented in the literature. In cases referred to in existing literature, the migratory schwannoma was documented to occur in the lumbar spine. We added another case to the small available literature. In our case report, the patient had a previously known lumbar schwannoma that was being managed conservatively. Due to an acute change in clinical symptoms, repeat imaging was performed. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of his spine revealed migration of the schwannoma two levels rostral to his recent imaging from six weeks earlier. The patient underwent surgical resection of his lesion. During the operation, the ultrasound was utilized to confirm the lesion prior to dural opening. In this report, we attempt to provide further evidence of the utility of an intraoperative ultrasound for intradural lesions and intend to add to the published literature of mobile schwannomas of the spine
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spelling pubmed-50019552016-09-08 Mobile Schwannoma of the Lumbar Spine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Toscano, Daniel T Felbaum, Daniel R Ryan, Joshua E Sayah, Anousheh Nair, Mani N Cureus Radiology Mobile schwannomas of the spine have been sparsely documented in the literature. In cases referred to in existing literature, the migratory schwannoma was documented to occur in the lumbar spine. We added another case to the small available literature. In our case report, the patient had a previously known lumbar schwannoma that was being managed conservatively. Due to an acute change in clinical symptoms, repeat imaging was performed. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of his spine revealed migration of the schwannoma two levels rostral to his recent imaging from six weeks earlier. The patient underwent surgical resection of his lesion. During the operation, the ultrasound was utilized to confirm the lesion prior to dural opening. In this report, we attempt to provide further evidence of the utility of an intraoperative ultrasound for intradural lesions and intend to add to the published literature of mobile schwannomas of the spine Cureus 2016-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5001955/ /pubmed/27610287 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.715 Text en Copyright © 2016, Toscano et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mobile Schwannoma of the Lumbar Spine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_full Mobile Schwannoma of the Lumbar Spine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Mobile Schwannoma of the Lumbar Spine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Mobile Schwannoma of the Lumbar Spine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Mobile Schwannoma of the Lumbar Spine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort mobile schwannoma of the lumbar spine: a case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5001955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27610287
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