title: CT and MR presentation of acute hemorrhage in a spinal schwannoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomono
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nose
mesh_terms: 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