title: Surgical outcome of spinal neurilemmoma: two case reports.
abstract: Neurilemmoma commonly occurs from the fourth to sixth decades of life with an incidence of 3 to 10 per 100,000 people, and is rare in adolescence. This case report describes the clinical and radiographic features of 2 rare cases with intraspinal neurilemmoma of the cervical and thoracic spine. A 29-year-old man who experienced middle back pain with prominent right lower limb weakness, and an 11-year-old boy who suffered from sudden onset neck pain with left arm weakness and hand clawing for 2 weeks before admission to our department were included in this case report. Magnetic resonance imaging of both patients revealed an intraspinal mass causing spinal cord compression at the cervical and thoracic spine. The patients subsequently received urgent posterior spinal cord decompression and tumor resection surgery. The histopathology reports revealed neurilemmoma. The 2 patients recovered and resumed their normal lives within 1 year. Intraspinal neurilemmoma is rare but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of spinal cord compression. Advances in imaging techniques and surgical procedures have yielded substantially enhanced clinical outcomes in intraspinal neoplasm cases. Delicate preoperative study and surgical skill with rehabilitation and postoperative observation are critical.
authors: From the Department of Orthopedics (K-TY, T-CY, I-HC, C-HP, K-LL, W-TW); Department of Research (J-HW), Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation; Institute of Medical Sciences (K-TY, R-PL, W-TW); and School of Medicine (T-CY, I-HC, W-TW), Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors: Kuang-Ting
authors: KT
authors: Yeh
authors: Ru-Ping
authors: RP
authors: Lee
authors: Tzai-Chiu
authors: TC
authors: Yu
authors: Ing-Ho
authors: IH
authors: Chen
authors: Cheng-Huan
authors: CH
authors: Peng
authors: Kuan-Lin
authors: KL
authors: Liu
authors: Jen-Hung
authors: JH
authors: Wang
authors: Wen-Tien
authors: WT
authors: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae
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