Giant extradural spinal schwannoma in a non-neurofibromatosis child-case report and review of literature.

Child's Nervous System : ChNS : Official Journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Salman T ShaikhChandrashekhar E Deopujari

Abstract

Spinal schwannoma is a rare occurrence in non-neurofibromatosis (NF) pediatric patients, especially in the extradural space extending beyond two vertebral levels. Within this age group, the common extradural tumors are either soft tissue sarcomas or metastasis, often with vertebral bony involvement. Spinal schwannomas are usually benign, slowly progressive, well-defined, intradural extramedullary lesion showing homogenous contrast enhancement on imaging. Though its clinical presentation may be with marked neurological involvement, timely surgical excision usually leads to a quick recovery of the deficits in the young age.This case report describes a giant, spinal, benign schwannoma in a 6-year-old boy which was extradural in location. The lesion was resected completely, and since then, he has been asymptomatic, tumor-free for over 3 years.

References

May 6, 2005·Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine·Paolo CelliLuigi Ferrante
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Dec 19, 2012·Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences·Rashim KatariaVirendra Deo Sinha
Apr 30, 2013·Handbook of Clinical Neurology·Wesley Hsu, George I Jallo
May 31, 2019·Asian Journal of Neurosurgery·Amit AgrawalYashawant Sandeep
Jul 18, 2019·Journal of Medical Case Reports·Apar PokharelSuvekshya Jaiswal

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