title: Associated cervical schwannoma and dorsal meningioma. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The association between spinal meningiomas and neurinomas without clinical signs of neurofibromatosis is very rare with only four cases reported in literature. A case of 70-year-old woman with a history of progressive paraparesis is presented. A cervico-dorsal magnetic resonance with contrast showed two tumors with different enhancement. The patient had examination negative for neurofibromatosis. At histological examination cervical schwannoma and a dorsal meningioma were found. The Authors debate the rarity of this association, the possible pathogenesis and the MR findings.
authors: Neurosurgical Division, Varese Regional Hospital, Italy.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Dorizzi
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Crivelli
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Marra
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Scamoni
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Dario
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Bonfanti
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Brianza
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology