title: Ventral T-1 neurinoma removed via hemilaminectomy without costotransversectomy--case report.
abstract: A 39-year-old male presented with a spinal neurinoma originating from the T-1 anterior root and located ventral to the spinal cord. The tumor was removed by hemilaminectomy with only partial facetectomy without costotransversectomy. No stabilization was necessary, and no complications secondary to surgery occurred. Costotransversectomy is not necessary for neurinoma ventral to the spinal cord within the spinal canal at T-1 level because the transverse process protrudes more laterally and the spinal canal of the T-1 vertebra is wider than at other thoracic levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Police Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanemoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koshimae
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobitsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Motoyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome