Brazilian Neurosurgery (Jun 2024)

Multiple Medullary Schwannoma Associated with Lumbar Disc Herniation and Cauda Equina Syndrome: Case Report

  • Anibal Rodrigues Neto,
  • Bianca Bicalho,
  • Giovanna Maria Varandas,
  • Adriano Torres Antonucci,
  • Gabriel Gomes Freitas de Castro,
  • Shiro Manoel Shimoakoishi de Arruda,
  • Marcel Schiavini,
  • Lutero Cleuler Moraes dos Santos,
  • Márcio Francisco Lehmann,
  • Francisco Spessatto Pesente

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1744111
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 43, no. 02
pp. e117 – e120

Abstract

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Introduction Schwannoma is a Schwann cells neoplasm that can occur in various parts of the nervous system, including the medullar region of the cauda equina. Bone involvement is uncommon.

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