Giant Benign Schwannoma Involving Sacral Bone.
- Author:
Kyung Seup OH
1
;
Sung Il HA
;
Hyun Sung LEE
;
Jong Soo LEE
;
Seung Su KWAK
;
Suk Hoon YUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Sun General hospital, Taejeon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Spinal schwannoma;
Sacrum;
Presacral space;
CT;
MRI
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Humans;
Laminectomy;
Low Back Pain;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neurilemmoma*;
Sacrum
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2001;30(4):509-513
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Sacral schwannoma is a rare lesion with a tendency to reach large proportions. The benign schwannoma rarely involves the vertebral bodies extensively. The authors report a case of giant intrasacral schwannoma in 30-year-old woman who had intermittent lower back pain during 3 years period. CT and MRI showed a destructive mass lesion within the upper part of sacrum with a large mass extending into the presacral space. The patient underwent combined surgery consisted of anterior transabdominal approach and posterior sacral laminectomy and total removal of tumor. The characteristics of the lesion were discussed with a review of literatures.
