Cervical schwannoma presenting as a spinal subdural haematoma.
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.
Vázquez-Barquero
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Neurosurgery Service, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.
Pascual
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Quintana
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Figols
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Izquierdo
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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