Resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannoma

Even though spinal nerve sheath tumours, presented especially by schwannomas, are considered to be mostly benign; they can gain a huge size and have an invasive behaviour, causing spinal cord compression, bone destruction, and make the total removal of the tumour a real challenge for the surgeon. T...

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Main Authors:	A. Khelifa, F. Aichaoui, I. Assoumane, M. Al-Zekri, T. Bennafaa, A. Morsli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Academic Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:	Romanian Neurosurgery
Subjects:	schwannoma nerve sheath tumours spinal cord compression
Online Access:	https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1361

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spelling	doaj-76d63cfa66c74c40ba597263756cac172020-11-25T01:53:43ZengLondon Academic PublishingRomanian Neurosurgery1220-88412344-49592020-01-01341Resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannomaA. KhelifaF. AichaouiI. AssoumaneM. Al-ZekriT. BennafaaA. Morsli Even though spinal nerve sheath tumours, presented especially by schwannomas, are considered to be mostly benign; they can gain a huge size and have an invasive behaviour, causing spinal cord compression, bone destruction, and make the total removal of the tumour a real challenge for the surgeon. This type of tumours is recently described as giant invasive spinal schwannoma (GISS), this type rarely reported in the thoracic region; deserve a special studying vis-a-vis the diagnosis and the management of both the tumour and the bone destruction. https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1361schwannomanerve sheath tumoursspinal cord compression
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author	A. Khelifa F. Aichaoui I. Assoumane M. Al-Zekri T. Bennafaa A. Morsli
spellingShingle	A. Khelifa F. Aichaoui I. Assoumane M. Al-Zekri T. Bennafaa A. Morsli Resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannoma Romanian Neurosurgery schwannoma nerve sheath tumours spinal cord compression
author_facet	A. Khelifa F. Aichaoui I. Assoumane M. Al-Zekri T. Bennafaa A. Morsli
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title	Resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannoma
title_short	Resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannoma
title_full	Resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannoma
title_fullStr	Resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannoma
title_full_unstemmed	Resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannoma
title_sort	resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannoma
publisher	London Academic Publishing
series	Romanian Neurosurgery
issn	1220-8841 2344-4959
publishDate	2020-01-01
description	Even though spinal nerve sheath tumours, presented especially by schwannomas, are considered to be mostly benign; they can gain a huge size and have an invasive behaviour, causing spinal cord compression, bone destruction, and make the total removal of the tumour a real challenge for the surgeon. This type of tumours is recently described as giant invasive spinal schwannoma (GISS), this type rarely reported in the thoracic region; deserve a special studying vis-a-vis the diagnosis and the management of both the tumour and the bone destruction.
topic	schwannoma nerve sheath tumours spinal cord compression
url	https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1361
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Resection of giant invasive thoracic schwannoma

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