Nervous Discrepancy of Spinal Cord Schwannoma Causing Posterior Neck Swelling: Spinal Cord Schwannoma Causing Posterior Neck Swelling

Soobia Saeed; Rubina Ghani; Zeelaf Shahid; Uzma Naseeb; Obaid Ahmed Khan

doi:10.54393/pjhs.v5i10.1763

Authors

Soobia Saeed Department of Biological Sciences, Sohail University, Karachi, Pakistan
Rubina Ghani Department of Biochemistry, Jinnah Medical and Dental College/Sohail University, Karachi, Pakistan
Zeelaf Shahid Department of Medical Education, Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
Uzma Naseeb Department of Biochemistry, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
Obaid Ahmed Khan Department of Anatomy, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v5i10.1763

Keywords:

Schwannomas, Laminectomy, Spinal Midline, Cervical, Neurological

Abstract

A 20-year-old man with chronic cervical pain has been diagnosed with cervical spinal schwannomas, a benign tumor in the posterior neck. Objective: To analyze the spinal cord schwannomas causing posterior neck swelling. Methods: In the first step, the vertebral canal portion of the tumor at C4 was removed entirely with a midline approach to the posterior spinal column. The patient underwent a laminectomy procedure in the second surgical session to remove tumors at C2 and C3, resulting in no neurological issues upon discharge from the hospital. Results: Schwannomas was diagnosed histopathologically. In patients with cervical intra-spinal schwannomas that have spread to the extra vertebral paravertebral neck region, the first goal of surgery is to treat the neurological deficits. Conclusions: It was concluded that the posterior midline and laminectomy approach approaches are combined in the same session or at different times in the surgical strategy.

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