title: Giant Solitary Anterior Cervical Canal Neurofibroma: Case Report and Surgical Technique.
abstract: Giant solitary anterior cervical canal neurofibroma (GSACCN) is rarely reported in the literature. When the large lesion is ventrally located to the spinal cord, an anterolateral approach may not be ideal due to various technical challenges. In this report, we describe a case of intradural extramedullary GSACCN located at the cervical region extending from the axis to the sixth cervical vertebrae. Here we also describe a posterior technique successfully used to resect the tumour. Therefore, the posterior approach by En bloc decompressive laminectomy and laminoplasty might be used to adequately treat the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Lagos State University College of Medicine and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Olufemi Emmanuel
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Idowu
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Division, Department of Surgery, Lagos State University College of Medicine and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Kazeem M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Atobatele
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Sunday O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Soyemi
keywords: Laminectomy; Laminoplasty; Neurofibroma