(One Year Interval) Staged Surgery of Giant Lumbar Dumbbell Neurofibroma.
- Author:
Dae Cheol RIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Pyungchon, Anyangsi, Kyunggido, Korea. nsrimok@gmail.com, nsrim@hallym.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Giant dumbbell tumor;
Neurofibroma
- MeSH:
Fibroblasts;
Humans;
Neurilemmoma;
Neurofibroma
- From:Korean Journal of Spine
2008;5(1):39-43
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Giant dumbbell neurofibroma is a rare tumor which belongs to large family that is the nerve sheath tumor composed of two main types of tumors that include neurofibroma and schwannoma. Neurofibroma arises from a mesenchymal origin closer to a fibroblast which differs from the schwannoma arising from the progenitor of the schwann cell. I report on one case of giant lumbar dumbbell neurofibroma that occured in the spinal and paraspinal retoperitoneal region which was removed by combined and one-year delayed surgery.
