J Korean Acad Rehabil Med.
2000 Oct;24(5):1010-1014.
Neurilemmoma in Cervical Dorsal Nerve Root: A case report
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- 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, Korea.
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- Neurilemmoma is benign neurogenic tumor which arise from the sheath of Schwann, its incidence on cervical nerve root are very rare. The patient with cervical root involvement presents pain or sensory disturbances of the upper extremity, neck, and/or chest wall. Usually, symptoms caused by pressure on the sensory and motor nerve roots with tumor mass. We report a patient with C8 dorsal nerve root neurilemmoma, with the brief review of literature.
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