title: Sciatic schwannoma spanning the sciatic notch: removal by an anterior, transabdominal approach.
abstract: We describe a sciatic schwannoma spanning the sciatic notch in a 39-year-old woman with persistent pelvic pain after caesarean delivery. The tumour was detected by pelvic CT scan and MRI. Anterior transabdominal surgery allowed the en bloc removal of both the pelvic and the buttock component of the tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Consales
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poppi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stumpo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D020426:Sciatic Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome