A case of raised intracranial pressure due to multiple lumbar nerve root melanotic schwannomas

P J French, G Main, D Mowle, C Smith

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We report a patient with multiple cranial nerve and lumbar spine nerve root melanotic schwannomas, a rare variant of schwannoma, with raised intracranial pressure. Possible pathophysiology of the raised intracranial pressure by decreased CSF resorption due to blocked spinal lymphatics and other mechanisms is discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)502-4
Number of pages3
JournalBritish Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume19
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2005

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Aged
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Hypertension
  • Laminectomy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neurilemmoma
  • Spinal Neoplasms
  • Spinal Nerve Roots

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