Cervical solitary long segment cystic Schwannoma.
Cystic neurofibromas are very rare and are of separate entity; occurrence in the cervical spine extending over a long segment intra-durally is very rare. There is a paucity of literature available on cervical cystic Schwannoma and its MRI characteristics. As the preoperative diagnosis of these tumors helps in planning the surgery for this rare tumor the imaging findings reported herein may aid in the preoperative diagnosis and management.
Vikram
Muthusubramanian
M
Post-Graduate Institute of Neurological Surgery, Dr. ALakshmipathi Neurosurgical Centre, VHS Hospital, Taramani, Chennai, India - 600 113. m.vikram@lycos.com
Pande
Anil
A
Vasudevan
Madhabushi Chakravarthy
MC
Ravi
Ramamurthi
R
D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome