Spinal cord neurinoma; report of 5 cases

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During these 5 years we have experienced 5 cases of spinal cord neurinoma (2 men, 3 women). One was multiple and 4 were single. When classified by injured sites of the vertebrae, 2 were in the thoracic vertebrae, 2 in the lumbar ones and the rest (multiple case) was distributed in the changing part from the thoracic to lumbar vertebrae. Patients complained of lumbago, pain and numbness in the limb, and were diagnosed at the first medical examination as radicular ischias and spondylosis deformans. The period from the onset of symptoms to surgical treatment extended from 3 months to 12 years, though 4 cases were within 2 years. The other was of the multiple type, and as it was encountered by a traffic accident, its symptoms were complicated and to diagnose was very difficult. These may be the causes of spending a long time until surgical treatment.All the cases were treated by surgical total extirpation, and histologically diagnosed as neurinoma. Postoperative courses were uneventful.
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