Persistent Back Pain Due to Intercostal Schwannoma

Kermenli, Tayfun; Ekiz, Timur; Akarsu, Emre; Çalık, İlknur; Yeğen, Serkan Fatih

doi:10.1093/pm/pnv028

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“…Schwannomas are often asymptomatic and incidentally detected during imaging [6,11] . However, after attaining a considerable size, patients may present with pain, tingling and numbness sensation along the distribution of the involved nerve [2,4] . Often these symptoms clinically mimic post-herpetic neuralgia and patients undergo long term treatment with different analgesics and antidepressant medications [4] .…”

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Intercostal Nerve Schwannoma As a Rare Cause of Refractory Mid Back Pain

Khan

Ahmed

Mannan

et al. 2021

International Journal of Medical Arts

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Background: Schwannoma is the most common neurogenic tumor of the posterior mediastinum. Though commonly become asymptomatic, back pain with intercostal neuralgia mimicking post herpetic neuralgia is rare presentation and infrequently found in the available literature.Case description: Here, we report a 22-year-old female without any history of trauma, surgery or infection presented with midback pain with radiation towards the right 10 th intercostal space. Although clinical evaluation simulates the features of post herpetic neuralgia, she was mildly responsive to traditional conservative treatment. Later on, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] was performed to rule out the neoplastic cause which ultimately revealed Schwannoma of the right 10 th intercostal nerve. Patient symptomatically get well after complete removal of tumor.Beside this, we also briefly review the clinical presentation, neuroimaging features, different surgical options and outcome from the pertinent literature. Conclusion:This report emphasizes early radiological evaluation of dull aching resting pain to avoid unnecessary medications to prolong duration.

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“…A majority of posterior mediastinal masses are neurogenic in origin with schwannomas constituting 75% of benign nerve sheath tumors which is slow growing tumor that remains asymptomatic in most of the cases [1][2][3] .…”

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confidence: 99%