title: One-stage removal of a large dumb-bell-shaped cervical neurinoma without laminectomy or interbody fusion in a child.
abstract: A 12-year-old boy had a large dumb-bell-shaped cervical neurinoma originating at the C5 spinal root that was removed in a one-stage operation through the enlarged C4/5 intervertebral foramen. This technique required no laminectomy, discectomy or interbody fusion, which may frequently produce spinal deformity in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan. ryuhiro@hama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*