title: Posterior intrathoracic neurinoma cure: a transforaminal resection after a thoracotomy.
abstract: Posterior intrathoracic neurogenic tumors often have an intraforaminal extension. Ten percent have an extension intraspinal and are called "dumbbell tumors." The surgically recommended techniques used to treat these conditions may have been applied too systematically, mainly when the diameter of the foramen was obviously enlarged and the possibility of removing the tumor existed. We report two cases to stress the importance of assessing the size of the intervertebral foramina in planning neurinoma cure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Cean, France. jules-ja@chu-caen.fr
authors.forename: Jean Ader
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jules
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guarnieri
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alkofer
authors.forename: Jean Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Le Rochais
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Icard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*