Cauda Canis: Variation of a Tinel’s Sign for a Sciatic Nerve Tumor
A patient with a prior history of intradural schwannoma and disc herniation presented with radicular pain after being hit in the thigh by a dog’s tail. She was worked up and found to have a tumor of her right sciatic nerve. The tumor was resected and histology was consistent with schwannoma. The dog...
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doaj-7b101884efb64bb5b480b233578a4fa32020-12-28T01:30:35ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Neurological Medicine2090-66762020-01-01202010.1155/2020/8822866Cauda Canis: Variation of a Tinel’s Sign for a Sciatic Nerve TumorKeith George0Shane Burke1Knarik Arkun2Ron Riesenburger3Department of NeurosurgeryDepartment of NeurosurgeryDepartment of NeurosurgeryDepartment of NeurosurgeryA patient with a prior history of intradural schwannoma and disc herniation presented with radicular pain after being hit in the thigh by a dog’s tail. She was worked up and found to have a tumor of her right sciatic nerve. The tumor was resected and histology was consistent with schwannoma. The dog’s tail acted as a Tinel’s sign maneuver and led to timely identification of her peripheral nerve tumor. Peripheral nerve schwannomas can present in unusual forms, and Tinel’s maneuver may be a useful tool in diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8822866 |
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Cauda Canis: Variation of a Tinel’s Sign for a Sciatic Nerve Tumor |
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Cauda Canis: Variation of a Tinel’s Sign for a Sciatic Nerve Tumor |
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Case Reports in Neurological Medicine |
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A patient with a prior history of intradural schwannoma and disc herniation presented with radicular pain after being hit in the thigh by a dog’s tail. She was worked up and found to have a tumor of her right sciatic nerve. The tumor was resected and histology was consistent with schwannoma. The dog’s tail acted as a Tinel’s sign maneuver and led to timely identification of her peripheral nerve tumor. Peripheral nerve schwannomas can present in unusual forms, and Tinel’s maneuver may be a useful tool in diagnosis. |
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