A Case of Spinal Neurilemoma Appeared to Neck Mass |
Cheun Kee Hong, MD1, Dong Soo Han, MD1, Hee Weon Kweon, MD1, and Jong Ouck Choi, MD2 |
1;Department of Otolaryngology, Capital Armed Forces General Hospital, Seoul, 2;Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
경부종물로 나타난 척추신경초종 |
홍춘기1 · 한동수1 · 권희원1 · 최종욱2 |
국군수도병원 이비인후과1;고려대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실2; |
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ABSTRACT |
is characterized by a solitary lesion, situated along a peripheral nerve and radicular pain or unpleasant paresthesias on light palpation. Usually Spinal Neurilemoma is benign tumor and is originated from intradural extramedullary region. Our case extend to intramedullary region and appeared to neck mass. On T1-weighted image, the tumor arise from the spinal cord of C4, C5 and extend to the surrounding soft tissue of neck, forming a dumbbell-shaped tumor. On histologic examination, Antoni type A tissue and Antoni type B tissue were visualized. Recently we experienced rare case of neurilemoma arising from spinal cord of neck and so we report our case with a brief review of literatures.
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Keywords:
NeurilemomaㆍSpinal cordㆍAntoni tissue. |
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