Cellular schwannoma: a rare spinal benign nerve-sheath tumor with a pseudosarcomatous appearance: case report

Cellular schwannoma: a rare spinal benign nerve-sheath tumor with a pseudosarcomatous appearance: case report

We report a case of cellular schwannoma, a rare benign nerve-sheath tumor in a 27 year-old woman. It was presented as a voluminous lesion in the paraspinal region that caused lumbar vertebral body destruction. These features, in association to the microscopic aspects of a hypercellular, pleomorphic...

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Main Authors: José Alberto Landeiro, Carlos Henrique Ribeiro, Alexandre C. Galdino, Elizabeth Taubman, Alfredo J. Guarisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2003-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
cellular schwannoma
benign nerve-sheath tumor
bone destruction
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000600029&tlng=en

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