title: Complete resection of a spinal meningioma extending from the foramen magnum to the second thoracic vertebral body via the anterior approach: case report.
abstract: The authors treated a patient with a huge, ventrally located spinal meningioma, extending from the foramen magnum to the second thoracic vertebral body. Vertebral body corpectomies were performed between the bottom of the second cervical vertebral body and the top of the first thoracic vertebral body, and the tumor was completely resected. Neurological symptoms and signs improved postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagashima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery; D005539:Foramen Magnum; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery