Chronic sciatica secondary to retroperitoneal pelvic schwannoma.
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.
Tong
Raymond S K
RS
Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia. tongray@hotmail.com
Collier
Neil
N
Kaye
Andrew H
AH
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