title: Traumatic intratumoral hemorrhage as the presenting symptom of a spinal neurinoma. Case report.
abstract: Intratumoral hemorrhage as the presenting symptom of spinal tumors is rare. The authors describe a patient who presented with rapidly progressing paraplegia 24 hours after sustaining a minor traumatic injury of the thoracic spine. Radiological evaluation demonstrated a low-thoracic intradural tumor that was resected and found to be a neurinoma in which severe intra- and peritumoral hemorrhage was revealed. The radiological, surgical, and pathological findings are presented and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and the Institute of Pathology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Z R
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Knoller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hadani
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nass
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ram
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000150:complications*