Author/Authors :
Seddighi, Afsoun Shohada Tajrish Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Seddighi, Amir Saied Shohada Tajrish Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Sadegh Azar, Maryam Shohada Tajrish Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Zohreh Vand, Amir Hossein Shohada Tajrish Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Our case was a 48-year-old man with cervical pain radiating to the upper limbs. Imaging
showed an intradural tumor with extradural component encasing the vertebral artery. The tumor
diagnosed as a neurinomaand had been removed surgically. The post operation magnetic resonance
imaging showed that the tumor was completely removed and the vertebral artery was intact at
the entire length. The goal of surgery of neurinoma is a total removal of the tumor, however
if the vertebral artery is completely encasing by the tumor, it is advisable to remove the tumor
to the level that the vertebral intactness is saved.
