Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report

Spinal neurofibromas occur sporadically and typically occur in association with neurofibromatosis 1. Patients afflicted with neurofibromatosis 1 usually present with involvement of several nerve roots. This report describes the case of a 14- year-old child with a large intraspinal, but extradural tu...

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Main Authors:	Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Johari, Joehaimey, Omar, Ahmad Sabri, Yusof, Abdul Halim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA) 2011
Subjects:	RD701 Orthopedics
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spelling	iium-244112012-07-02T02:38:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/24411/ Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff Johari, Joehaimey Omar, Ahmad Sabri Yusof, Abdul Halim RD701 Orthopedics Spinal neurofibromas occur sporadically and typically occur in association with neurofibromatosis 1. Patients afflicted with neurofibromatosis 1 usually present with involvement of several nerve roots. This report describes the case of a 14- year-old child with a large intraspinal, but extradural tumour with paraspinal extension, dumbbell neurofibroma of the cervical region extending from the C2 to C4 vertebrae. The lesions were readily detected by MR imaging and were successfully resected in a two-stage surgery. The time interval between the first and second surgery was one month. We provide a brief review of the literature regarding various surgical approaches, emphasising the utility of anterior and posterior approaches. Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA) 2011-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/24411/1/Large_Cervical_Dumbbell_Tumour_Neurofibromatosis.pdf Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff and Johari, Joehaimey and Omar, Ahmad Sabri and Yusof, Abdul Halim (2011) Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report. Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 5 (3). pp. 24-27. ISSN 1985-2533 http://www.morthoj.org/2011v5n3/Large_Cervical_Dumbbell_Tumour_Neurofibromatosis.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1111.003
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spellingShingle	RD701 Orthopedics Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff Johari, Joehaimey Omar, Ahmad Sabri Yusof, Abdul Halim Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report
description	Spinal neurofibromas occur sporadically and typically occur in association with neurofibromatosis 1. Patients afflicted with neurofibromatosis 1 usually present with involvement of several nerve roots. This report describes the case of a 14- year-old child with a large intraspinal, but extradural tumour with paraspinal extension, dumbbell neurofibroma of the cervical region extending from the C2 to C4 vertebrae. The lesions were readily detected by MR imaging and were successfully resected in a two-stage surgery. The time interval between the first and second surgery was one month. We provide a brief review of the literature regarding various surgical approaches, emphasising the utility of anterior and posterior approaches.
format	Article
author	Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff Johari, Joehaimey Omar, Ahmad Sabri Yusof, Abdul Halim
author_facet	Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff Johari, Joehaimey Omar, Ahmad Sabri Yusof, Abdul Halim
author_sort	Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
title	Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report
title_short	Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report
title_full	Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report
title_fullStr	Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report
title_full_unstemmed	Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report
title_sort	two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report
publisher	Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA)
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/24411/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/24411/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/24411/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/24411/1/Large_Cervical_Dumbbell_Tumour_Neurofibromatosis.pdf
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Two-stage surgery for a large cervical dumbbell tumour in neurofibromatosis 1: a case report

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