A Case of Tuberculous Spondylitis Combined with Schwannoma of Spinal Cord
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
;
: 1241-1244, 2001.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-159718
ABSTRACT
The authors report a very rare case of tuberculous spondylitis combined with a schwannoma of spinal cord. A 39-year-old man was admitted because of paraparesis(G1/G2). MRI showed severe cord compression at two different levels. One was by the bulged soft tissue and subligamentous abscess extending from T7 to T9 and the other was by an intradural extramedullary cord tumor at the level of T1-2. At first operation, T8 corpectomy and T7-9 plate fixation with autogenous iliac bone graft were performed. After then, Paraparesis was improved(G2/G3) postoperatively. The second operation underwent two weeks later. The tumor was totally removed and shortly after second operation, paraparesis was markedly improved(G3/G4). Histological diagnosis were tuberculous spondylitis and schwannoma, respectively. The authors reviewed this case where good surgical outcome was obtained by two stage operation.
Full text:
Available
Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Spinal Cord
/
Spondylitis
/
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
/
Transplants
/
Paraparesis
/
Diagnosis
/
Abscess
/
Neurilemmoma
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
/
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS