Papilledema and spinal cord tumors.
Two cases of cervical schwannoma associated with papilledema and dementia are described and the pertinent literature is reviewed. It is very important to conduct complete spinal surveys when patients suffer dementia and papilledema and the cerebrospinal fluid protein is elevated.
Tanaka
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Department of Neurosurgery, Mie University Hospital, Japan.
Waga
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Shimosaka
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010211:Papilledema / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging