Giant intrasacral schwannoma forming a presacral mass: a report of an unusual cause of lumbosacral radiculopathy.
Schwannomas are extremely rare tumours deriving from cells within the neurilemma. The authors report a case of giant intrasacral schwannoma presenting in the presacral region. The tumour presented with a lumbosacral pain and it was removed totally by two-stage surgical intervention. When seen five years after the second surgical intervention, the patient was asymptomatic. The rarity of such cases prompted this report.
Turgut
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Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School of Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Ozcan
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Sağlam
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