Nathalie Zaidman1, Ashirwad Merve2, Vittorio Russo3. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK. Electronic address: Nathalie.zaidman@gmail.com. 2. Department of Neuropathology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK. 3. Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Intraosseous locations are extremely rare when it comes to schwannomas and account for 0.2% of primary bone tumors. The most common intraosseous locations include the mandible and sacrum, while cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine lesions are even more uncommon. CASE DESCRIPTION: We describe a 56-year-old female patient with incidental finding of an intraosseous lytic lesion within the vertebral body of T1. Complete surgical excision was performed with instrumented fusion. Histopathology results confirmed a World Health Organization grade I schwannoma. CONCLUSIONS: Our case is the fourth case of purely intraosseous schwannoma described in the mobile spine in the literature, with good results both clinically and radiologically after complete surgical resection.
BACKGROUND: Intraosseous locations are extremely rare when it comes to schwannomas and account for 0.2% of primary bone tumors. The most common intraosseous locations include the mandible and sacrum, while cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine lesions are even more uncommon. CASE DESCRIPTION: We describe a 56-year-old female patient with incidental finding of an intraosseous lytic lesion within the vertebral body of T1. Complete surgical excision was performed with instrumented fusion. Histopathology results confirmed a World Health Organization grade I schwannoma. CONCLUSIONS: Our case is the fourth case of purely intraosseous schwannoma described in the mobile spine in the literature, with good results both clinically and radiologically after complete surgical resection.
Authors: Fahad A Alshammari; Abdulmohsen M Alotaibi; Mahdi A Alali; Nawaf S Alkhileiwi; Sultan M Alshammari; Mansour T Albagami; Yasser G Alarimah; Faisal A Aldughaim; Kawther A Alsadady; Faisal F Alshammari; Kouther M Alhedires; Noor A Albejais; Mohammed F Alharbi; Awadh M Alharthi; Malak Alshammari Journal: Cureus Date: 2021-11-09