Fountain HB, Brusko GD, Rosenberg AE, Levy AS, Cordeiro JG. Ancient Schwannoma Presenting at the Cauda Equina: A Report of a Rare Case.
Cureus 2023;
15:e40430. [PMID:
37456500 PMCID:
PMC10348804 DOI:
10.7759/cureus.40430]
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Abstract
Ancient schwannoma is an uncommon variant of schwannoma. While many reports have presented defining histologic and clinical features of ancient schwannoma, there are only a very few cases in the literature, to our knowledge, of ancient schwannoma presenting at the cauda equina. The current report of ancient schwannoma presenting at the cauda equina adds to the literature and discusses the identification of specific histologic characteristics, the role of conservative medical management, surgical resection, and prognostication in this select subset of patients.
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