MNJ (Malang Neurology Journal)
Vol 5, No 2 (2019): July

NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN PATIENT WITH POST OPERATIVE SCHWANNOMA: A CASE REPORT PRIMARY INTRADURAL EXTRAMEDULLAR SPINAL CORD TUMOUR

Santoso, Widodo Mardi (Unknown)
Nurlela, Siti (Unknown)
Marhaendraputro, Eko Arisetijono (Unknown)
Rahmawati, Dessika (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2019

Abstract

Majority of spinal cord tumour is a benign tumour with symptoms are due to spinal cord compression. One of the symptoms that are often difficult to treat is a sensory deficit. The authors report a case of primary intradural extramedullar spinal cord tumour in 57-year-old man. This tumour was presenting symptoms of chronic low back pain, gradual progressive inferior paraplegia, and sensory deficit on both legs. MRI thoracal showed intradural lesion at Th 4-5-6, with isointensity on T1-weighted images and hyperintensity-isohomogen on T2-weighted images. The tumour was completely resected, and histopathology examination revealed schwannoma types. Patient showed a clinical improvement in motoric function noticeable after surgery, but showed sensory deficits sequelae requiring therapy for neuropathic pain.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MNJ

Publisher

Subject

Neuroscience

Description

Malang Neurology Journal is a peer-reviewed and open access journal that focuses on promoting neurological sciences generated from basic neurosciences and clinical neurology. This journal publishes original articles, reviews, and also interesting case reports. Brief communications containing short ...