title: Giant nerve sheath tumour: report of six cases.
abstract: Giant nerve sheath tumour is a rare tumour originating from the nerve sheath. It differs from the conventional nerve sheath tumour only by the size these tumours can reach. There are two main type of tumours that occur in the nerve sheath which include neurofibroma and schwannoma. The current views are that schwannomas arise from the progenitor of the schwann cell. Whereas the neurofibroma series probably arise from a mesenchymal origin closer to a fibroblast. We report on six cases of nerve sheath tumour that occur in the spinal and paraspinal region that presented to us over a 5 year period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: A R I
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ghani
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ariff
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Romzi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sayuthi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasnan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Awang
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zamzuri
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ghazali
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abdullah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery