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Giant Sacral Schwannoma: A Case Report

J. Kim, Gwang-Jun Lee, Seul-Kee Lee, Bong-Ju Moon, T. Kang, Jung-Kil Lee

Chonnam medical journal, 2020

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Abstract

https://doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2020.56.1.85 C Chonnam Medical Journal, 2020 Chonnam Med J 2020;56:85-86 Corresponding Author: Jung-Kil Lee Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, 42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61469, Korea Tel: +82-62-220-6608, Fax: +82-62-224-9865, E-mail: [email protected] Article History: Received August 16, 2019 Revised September 9, 2019 Accepted September 27, 2019 FIG. 1. Pre-operative lumbar spine MRI and CT. (A) Axial T1 enhanced MRI showed 10 cm sized homogenously enhanced mass arose from S1 foramen with S1 nerve root compression (arrow), (B) sagittal T1 enhanced MRI showed homogenously enhanced mass along ventral aspect of sacrum, (C) axial abdomen CT showed bony erosion of right S1 foramen (asteric). Giant Sacral Schwannoma: A Case Report Jae young Kim, Gwang-Jun Lee, Seul-Kee Lee, Bong ju Moon, Taek Won Kang, and Jung-Kil Lee* Departments of Neurosurgery and Urology, Chonnam National Univertisty Hospital & Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

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