Three-dimensional images for surgical plan of giant sacral schwannoma.
OBJECTIVE
Documentation of three-dimensional (3D) images of a giant sacral schwannoma with intrapelvic expansion.


METHODS
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.


RESULTS
3D computed tomography (3D CT) showed a destructed bony region clearly. 3D CT angiography clarified the positional relationship between tumor and iliac arteries. Resection procedure was safely completed based on these 3D evaluations.


CONCLUSIONS
3D images were helpful to make a surgical plan and to complete this complicated resection combined with sacroiliac reconstruction.
Satake
K
K
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Matsuyama
Y
Y
Yoshihara
H
H
Yanase
M
M
Miura
Y
Y
D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed