GIANT NEURINOMA OCCUPYING THE HOLOCERVICAL AND UPPER THORACIC REGIONS- CASE-REPORT

Authors
NAGASAWA S OHTA T KAJIMOTO Y AOKI J ONOMURA T MIYAJI Y
Citation
S. Nagasawa et al., GIANT NEURINOMA OCCUPYING THE HOLOCERVICAL AND UPPER THORACIC REGIONS- CASE-REPORT, Surgical neurology, 42(2), 1994, pp. 157-159
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Surgical neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903019
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
157 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3019(1994)42:2<157:GNOTHA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report a case with a giant spinal neurinoma located between the for amen magnum acid fifth thoracic levels. The patient did not develop an y neurologic symptoms until 16 years after the onset of hydrocephalus. The latter, successfully treated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, w as associated with a cerebrospinal fluid protein of 400 mg/dL and was in all probability the first sign of the spinal cord tumor.