title: Chronic sciatica secondary to retroperitoneal pelvic schwannoma.
abstract: Pelvic schwannoma is a rare cause of sciatic pain. We report a case of retroperitoneal pelvic schwannoma presenting with chronic sciatica which was diagnosed and monitored radiologically for several years before successful surgical resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia. tongray@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Raymond S K
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: Andrew H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012585:Sciatica / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed