%0 Journal Article
%T Cervical Intramedullary Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature
%A Alejandro Monroy Sosa
%A Ana Mar¨ªa Cano Valdez
%A Bernardo Cacho D¨ªaz
%A Gervith Reyes Soto
%A Jos¨¦ Omar Navarro Fern¨¢ndez
%A Ramses Uriel Ort¨ªz Leyva
%A V¨ªctor Andr¨¦s Arrieta
%J Archive of "Case Reports in Neurology".
%D 2018
%R 10.1159/000467389
%X Cervical intramedullary schwannomas are extraordinarily rare. Gross total resection is the best therapeutic option for these types of tumors. Although rare, intramedullary schwannomas should be considered as a differential diagnosis of intramedullary lesions since a good prognosis can be guaranteed to the majority of these patients. We present a case of a cervical intramedullary schwannoma surgically treated in a 19-year-old male patient who initially presented with motor neuron disease
%K Schwannoma
%K Spinal cord
%K Intramedullary schwannoma
%K MRI
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5869603/