Rare Tumors (Dec 2009)

Cervical intramedullary schwannoma: case report and review of the literature

  • Mario Ganau,
  • Clemente Augusto de Brito Pereira,
  • Igor Vilela Faquini,
  • Marcos Henrique Lima Galles,
  • Jardel Mendonça Nicácio,
  • Jose Carlos Rodrigues Júnior

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e44
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. e44 – e44

Abstract

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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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