title: Giant cervical dumbbell-shaped neurinoma treated by transuncodiscal approach.
abstract: We treated a case of giant dumbbell-shaped neurinoma extending from the C-3 to C-6 spinal canal and causing significant compression of the cord posteriorly. Total removal of the tumor was performed by transuncodiscal approach. The usefulness of this approach will be detailed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hakuba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanai
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*