Intraosseous schwannoma of the cervical vertebral body: A case report and review of the literature.
Intraosseous schwannomas (IOS) of non-sacral vertebra are extremely rare; only 14 cases were reported previously. We described a case of IOS involving a cervical vertebral body, successfully treated by surgical resection, with a review of the literature and discussion of this extremely rare tumour.
Mizutani
Atsushi
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. amizutani-nsu@umin.ac.jp
Yokota
Naoki
N
Kawaji
Hiroshi
H
Yamaguchi-Okada
Mitsuo
M
Miyagawa
Tadashi
T
Namba
Hiroki
H
D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome