Sudden-onset C8 Radiculopathy due to a Plexiform Schwannoma of the Cervical Nerve Root

Plexiform schwannoma is a rare variant of schwannomas and usually presents with chronic symptoms. We herein report a case of cervical nerve plexiform schwannoma that presented with unusually sudden severe left radiculopathy of the eighth cervical nerve after physical exercise. Coronal short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a multinodular tumor along the eighth cervical nerve. The tumor was partially resected. A pathological analysis revealed that the tumor was a schwannoma, and we diagnosed the case as a plexiform schwannoma. The unusual sudden-onset presentation in this case was considered to be caused by the unusual localization of the tumor involving the nerve root and mechanical stress due to physical exercise.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:57

Enthalten in:

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 57(2018), 22 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 3317-3320

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Komatsu, Kenichi [VerfasserIn]
Toda, Hiroki [VerfasserIn]
Matsumoto, Sadayuki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Journal Article
Multinodular
Peripheral nerve tumor
Plexiform schwannoma
STIR
Sudden-onset

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Date Completed 16.01.2019

Date Revised 16.01.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2169/internalmedicine.0114-17

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM286274736