MRI of intramedullary spinal schwannomas: case report and review of the literature.
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.
Riffaud
L
L
Service de Neurochirurgie, CHRU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France.
Morandi
X
X
Massengo
S
S
Carsin-Nicol
B
B
Heresbach
N
N
Guegan
Y
Y
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