Spinal malignant melanotic schwannoma. Case report.
The authors report a rare case of spinal cord compression syndrome due to a malignant melanotic schwannoma. Pathogenesis, diagnostic difficulty and therapeutical problems are discussed. The authors conclude that such tumours should be surgically treated due to the possibility of a benign clinical behaviour even in those cases showing malignant histological features.
Division of Neurosurgery, Garibaldi, S. Luigi-S. Currò, Ascoli-Tomaselli Hospital, Catania, Italy.
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Noubari
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Chiaramonte
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Magro
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Tropea
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Mancuso
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed