Spinal Schwannoma : Scrutinizing the Armamentarium of a Single Institute

Purely extradural thoracal Schwanoma: Case report

“…Schwannoma is a common nerve sheath tumor that usually arises from sensory nerves and is benign [ [10] , [11] , [12] ]. Some classifications are usually used in spinal schwannomas based on anatomical location.…”

“…Usually begins with localized pain, sharp and transient, followed by radicular pain and radiculopathy. When the compression of the tumor in the spinal cord increases, will lead to damage to the spinal cord and causes myelopathy [ 12 ]. Numbness, and paraparesis may also appear, but in the present study, the main complaint was pain (79%) [ 17 ].…”

“…Motor deficit and sphincter disturbances are uncommon onset symptoms [ 18 ]. According to Alqroom, R. et al the most common initial symptom was radicular pain (67%) followed by motor weakness, another 31% had myelopathy and sphincter disturbances [ 12 ]. Some studies had shown that deficit neurological should be expected following surgical treatment of these tumors [ 23 ].…”

“…C1–C3 levels) and lumbar than thoracal [ 14 , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] ]. In the study of Alqroom, R. et al showed that the higher incidence of the regions involved was the lumbar spine (55.22%), followed by cervical (23.88%), thoracic segments (17.91%), and sacral (2.98%) [ 12 ].…”

“…Surgery is the treatment of choice in this case, which usually result from excellent prognostic [ 12 ]. This patient underwent hemilaminectomy and complete surgical resection.…”