CT and MR presentation of acute hemorrhage in a spinal schwannoma.
We present a case of a 58-year-old woman who experienced the sudden onset of a deteriorating paraparesis after physical exertion. Pathologic specimens revealed that an intracystic hemorrhage existed within a spinal schwannoma. The radiologic presentation of the intracystic hemorrhage on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is described.
Uemura
K
K
Department of Neurosurgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.
Matsumura
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A
Kobayashi
E
E
Tomono
Y
Y
Nose
T
T
D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed