title: Cervical schwannoma presenting as a spinal subdural haematoma.
abstract: We report a case of cervical spinal subdural haematoma as the presenting manifestation of a small intradural schwannoma. In patients without a bleeding diathesis and an apparently spontaneous spinal subdural haematoma, the possibility of an underlying tumour should always be considered.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Service, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Barquero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quintana
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Figols
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology