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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Giant lumbar extraforaminal schwannoma
Rohit Balasubramanian1, Subhash Kale2, Vignesh Kanda Kumar3, Sagar Ghodasara1, Udaykumar Badhe1
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Plastic Surgery, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Medical oncology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rohit Balasubramanian
OPD No. 13, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital, 99 Avinashi Road, Civil Aerodrome Post, Coimbatore - 641 014, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/IJNO.IJNO_13_20
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Schwannomas are dumb-bell shaped benign intradural or extradural spinal canal nerve sheath tumors. Here, we present the rare case of a lumbar canal schwannoma in a middle-aged man. The tumor was completely extraforaminal with scalloping of the bone. Gross total excision was achieved by a lumbar approach.
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