Traumatic intratumoral hemorrhage as the presenting symptom of a spinal neurinoma - Case report

Intratumoral hemorrhage as the presenting symptom of spinal tumors is rare. The authors describe a patient who presented with rapidly progressing para plegia 24 hours after sustaining a minor traumatic injury of the thoracic s pine. Radiological evaluation demonstrated a low-thoracic intradural tumor that was resected and found to be a neurinoma in which severe intra- and pe ritumoral hemorrhage was revealed. The radiological, surgical, and patholog ical findings are presented and discussed.