title: Intraspinal schwannoma presenting solely with rectal pain.
abstract: A cauda equina schwannoma presented solely with rectal pain. The tumor was found to have infarcted and hemorrhaged. A discussion of rectal pain is included, and it is speculated that some forms of rectal pain, especially those classified as proctalgia fugax or rectal neuralgia, may be due to cauda equina tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Salem Hospital, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Kornel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vlahakos
mesh_terms: D002420:Cauda Equina; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012007:Rectum; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery