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01-07-2018 | Case Report

Invasive intramedullary melanotic schwannoma: case report and review of the literature

Authors: Xing Cheng, Jiagang Liu, Jun Le, Siqing Huang, Haifeng chen, Chao You

Published in: European Spine Journal | Special Issue 3/2018

Abstract

Purpose

Melanotic schwannoma (MS) is rare, accounting for less than 1% of primary peripheral nerve sheath tumors, and most often occurs in the paraspinal nerve roots. Intramedullary MS is exceedingly rare, and to the best of our knowledge, only nine cases have been reported in literature.

Methods and Results

We present a 47-year-old male, who underwent excision of thoracic intraspinal space-occupying lesion 6 years ago, as the 10th known case to date of intradural intramedullary MS that had a more invasive growth pattern than those reported before, and we review the diagnosis, clinicopathologic features, treatment and prognosis of intramedullary MS.

Conclusions

Intramedullary MS’ behavior is unpredictable and can have an aggressive clinical course such as recurrence and metastasis.

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Title: Invasive intramedullary melanotic schwannoma: case report and review of the literature
Authors: Xing Cheng
Jiagang Liu
Jun Le
Siqing Huang
Haifeng chen
Chao You
Publication date: 01-07-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue Special Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5207-3

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Invasive intramedullary melanotic schwannoma: case report and review of the literature

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Methods and Results

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