title: MRI of intramedullary spinal schwannomas: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Intramedullary spinal schwannomas are uncommon. We report a solitary cervical intramedullary schwannoma shown by MRI and treated surgically, and review 12 previous cases with MRI. MRI findings and pathogenesis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, CHRU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Riffaud
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Morandi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Massengo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carsin-Nicol
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Heresbach
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guegan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery