title: Cervical intramedullary schwannoma mimicking a glioma.
abstract: We present a case of a cervical intramedullary schwannoma (IS), which resembled a glioma on radiology. Somatic and root pain, the most common presenting complaints of IS, were lacking in our patient, and the characteristic magnetic resonance finding of an enhancing thickened nerve root in IS, was absent in our case. Preoperative diagnosis of a cervical IS is not always possible. Complete tumor resection is the ideal treatment for IS. Intraoperative frozen section can be a useful for decision making though the tumor-cord plane will ultimately decide if the tumor can be radically excised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Ankush
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Bijesh Ravindran
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chacko
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sunithi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Joseph
keywords: Cervical; intramedullary; schwannoma