• Neurochirurgie · Apr 2008

    Case Reports

    Cystic schwannoma of the cauda equina mimicking hemangioblastoma.

    • A Akhaddar, A Ajja, A Albouzidi, B Elmostarchid, and M Boucetta.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. akhaddar@hotmail.fr
    • Neurochirurgie. 2008 Apr 1; 54 (2): 101-3.

    AbstractCystic schwannoma is highly unusual and intraspinal involvement seems to be even more rare. We report a case of intradural lumbar-cystic schwannoma in a 50-year-old man who presented with chronic low-back pain and sciatalgia, which were initially related to a bulging disc. Diagnosis of a tumor origin was suspected two years later on MRI as a hemangioblastoma. The lesion was histologically confirmed to be a schwannoma. Only eight cases of spinal schwannoma with large cyst have been previously reported. Cystic schwannoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lumbar intradural-cystic lesion.

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