Sudden-onset C8 Radiculopathy due to a Plexiform Schwannoma of the Cervical Nerve Root.
Intern Med
; 57(22): 3317-3320, 2018 Nov 15.
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ABSTRACT
Plexiform schwannoma is a rare variant of schwannomas and usually presents with chronic symptoms. We herein report a case of cervical nerve plexiform schwannoma that presented with unusually sudden severe left radiculopathy of the eighth cervical nerve after physical exercise. Coronal short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a multinodular tumor along the eighth cervical nerve. The tumor was partially resected. A pathological analysis revealed that the tumor was a schwannoma, and we diagnosed the case as a plexiform schwannoma. The unusual sudden-onset presentation in this case was considered to be caused by the unusual localization of the tumor involving the nerve root and mechanical stress due to physical exercise.
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Radiculopatia
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Neoplasias da Medula Espinal
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Vértebras Cervicais
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Neurilemoma
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2018
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