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Schwannomas are the most common type of spinal tumor, and they most commonly occur in intradural extramedullary locations. Intramedullary schwannomas of the central nervous system are very rare and are difficult to diagnose using preoperative imaging. Here, we report a rare, tiny cervical intramedullary schwannoma and review the literature regarding the clinical presentation, magnetic resonance imaging, pathology, and surgical experience associated with this rare tumor type.
Schwannomas are the most common type of spinal tumor, and they most commonly occur in intradural extramedullary locations. Intramedullary schwannomas of the central nervous system are very rare and are difficult to diagnose using preoperative imaging. Here, we report a rare, tiny cervical intramedullary schwannoma and review the literature regarding the clinical presentation, magnetic resonance imaging, pathology, and surgical experience associated with this rare tumor type.
This project was supported by the Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital Fund (No. 12015C1044). The authors thank Zhenxing Sun and Huifang Zhang for collecting the archived data and Guihuai Wang and Jin Wang for technical assistance.
This article is published with open access at www.TNCjournal.com