A case of raised intracranial pressure due to multiple lumbar nerve root melanotic schwannomas.
We report a patient with multiple cranial nerve and lumbar spine nerve root melanotic schwannomas, a rare variant of schwannoma, with raised intracranial pressure. Possible pathophysiology of the raised intracranial pressure by decreased CSF resorption due to blocked spinal lymphatics and other mechanisms is discussed.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK.
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D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*