title: Thoracic intradural cystic schwannoma: a case report.
abstract: Spinal schwannomas are benign tumors arising from spinal nerve root sheaths. These are the most common intradural extramedullary spinal tumors. Schwannomas are mostly solid or heterogeneous solid tumors. Cystic schwannomas are rare lesions. We present a 27-year-old woman with an intradural extramedullary cystic tumor in the lower thoracic region who complained of back pain and walking difficulty. The patient was operated and the tumor was totally removed. The postoperative course was uneventful. The histopathological diagnosis was cystic schwannoma. Differentiation of cystic schwannomas from other cystic mass lesions can be difficult. Magnetic resonance imaging and histopathological findings are important for evaluating these tumors.
authors.affiliation: Duzce University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Duzce, Turkey. aysekaratas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karataş
authors.forename: Merih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iş
authors.forename: Umran
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Feyzullah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akyüz
authors.forename: Ferruh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gezen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae