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Intradural Extramedullary Schwannoma of the Thoracic Spine with Intratumoral Haemorrhage
Drevelegas K1, Bangeas P1, Moumtzouoglou A1, Karagiannidis A2, Zaramboukas T3 and Drevelegas A1*1Department of Neuroradiology, Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
2Department of Neurosurgery, Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
3Department of Pathology, Interbalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
- *Corresponding Author:
- Antonios Drevelegas
Radiology Department, Interbalkan Medical Centre
57001, Pylaia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel: +302310400213
E-mail: adrevelegas@gmail.com
Received date: August 21, 2017; Accepted date: August 28, 2017; Published date: August 31, 2017
Citation: Drevelegas K, Bangeas P, Moumtzouoglou A, Karagiannidis A, Zaramboukas T, et al. (2017) Intradural Extramedullary Schwannoma of the Thoracic Spine with Intratumoral Haemorrhage. OMICS J Radiol 6:272. doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000272
Copyright: © 2017 Drevelegas K, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Schwannomas are the commonest intradural extramedullary tumors of the spine, mostly present in the cervical and lumbar regions. Spinal schwannomas with intratumoral haemorrhage are very rare lesions. Authors here present a 40-year’s old male with a 2 year history of pain in the thoracic region and acute onset of spastic paraparesis and cauda equina syndrome. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of his thoracic spine demonstrated a heterogeneous intradural extramedullary lesion with no associated enhancement. After emergent removal of the mass, histopathology revealed schwannoma with intratumoral haemorrhage.
