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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 160-162 |
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A rare intraspinal tumor "ancient schwannoma" and diagnostic difficulty
Mithilesh Kumar Pandey, Omprakash Gupta, Debajit Ray Barman, Kaushik Roy, Parimal Tripathy
Department of Neurosurgery, Nil Ratan Sirkar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Mithilesh Kumar Pandey
Department of Neurosurgery, Nil Ratan Sirkar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata - 700 014, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2278-0521.142326
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Ancient schwannoma (AS) is a rare benign, encapsulated tumor with a slow growth rate. The symptoms are very few and non specific during early stage of disease, because of that, the diagnosis of AS is always a challenge. There is a tendency to confuse AS with malignant tumors on imaging and histology. Here we are reporting a case of AS of the dorsal spinal region at T8-T9 level in a 62 year male patient initially present with non specific right upper abdominal pain. Complete excision of tumour was done successfully, without intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring and microscope with a good postoperative neurological recovery. |
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