title: Intrasacral schwannoma: clinical presentation, diagnosis and management.
abstract: Intrasacral schwannoma is a very rare lesion. We report here three cases of intrasacral schwannoma originating within the sacrum and discuss their clinical presentation, diagnosis and management. Complete excision would appear to be the treatment of choice, but conservative treatment is an option provided the tumour causes no serious symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. muramatu@ yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002081:Buttocks; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012447:Sacrum; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome