Intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyelia

Intramedullary schwannomas of the spinal cord are rare tumors. They are most commonly observed in the cervical region; however, few have been described in the conus medullaris. The association of intramedullary schwannomas with syringomyelia is also rare. In this report, we present a case of intrame...

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Main Authors:	Mete Karatay, Ender Koktekir, Yavuz Erdem, Haydar Celik, Idris Sertbas, Mehmet Akif Bayar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:	Asian Journal of Surgery
Subjects:	conus medullaris intramedullary schwannoma spinal cord syringomyelia
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958414000530

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spelling	doaj-47977cf0891c46808a105fd6d4039a0a2020-11-24T22:49:13ZengElsevierAsian Journal of Surgery1015-95842017-05-0140324024210.1016/j.asjsur.2014.04.004Intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyeliaMete Karatay0Ender Koktekir1Yavuz Erdem2Haydar Celik3Idris Sertbas4Mehmet Akif Bayar5Department of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Selcuk University, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyIntramedullary schwannomas of the spinal cord are rare tumors. They are most commonly observed in the cervical region; however, few have been described in the conus medullaris. The association of intramedullary schwannomas with syringomyelia is also rare. In this report, we present a case of intramedullary schwannoma of the conus medullaris with syringomyelia, which was treated surgically.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958414000530conus medullarisintramedullary schwannomaspinal cordsyringomyelia
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spellingShingle	Mete Karatay Ender Koktekir Yavuz Erdem Haydar Celik Idris Sertbas Mehmet Akif Bayar Intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyelia Asian Journal of Surgery conus medullaris intramedullary schwannoma spinal cord syringomyelia
author_facet	Mete Karatay Ender Koktekir Yavuz Erdem Haydar Celik Idris Sertbas Mehmet Akif Bayar
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title	Intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyelia
title_short	Intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyelia
title_full	Intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyelia
title_fullStr	Intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyelia
title_full_unstemmed	Intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyelia
title_sort	intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyelia
publisher	Elsevier
series	Asian Journal of Surgery
issn	1015-9584
publishDate	2017-05-01
description	Intramedullary schwannomas of the spinal cord are rare tumors. They are most commonly observed in the cervical region; however, few have been described in the conus medullaris. The association of intramedullary schwannomas with syringomyelia is also rare. In this report, we present a case of intramedullary schwannoma of the conus medullaris with syringomyelia, which was treated surgically.
topic	conus medullaris intramedullary schwannoma spinal cord syringomyelia
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958414000530
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Intramedullary schwannoma of conus medullaris with syringomyelia

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