%0 Case Reports
%T Management of recurrent schwannoma of the cauda equina: A case report.
%A Perez-Pinto F
%A Abaunza-Camacho JF
%A Vergara-Garcia D
%A Benavides C
%A Riveros WM
%A Laverde L
%J Surg Neurol Int
%V 12
%N 0
%D 2021
%M 34345453
暂无%R 10.25259/SNI_357_2021
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Schwannomas of the cauda equina are rare intradural primary spinal tumors. Many of these patients initially present with cauda equina syndromes, and only 2.2% demonstrate clinical recurrence. Gross total excision is the procedure of choice.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A 62-year-old female had undergone resection of a cauda equina schwannoma 5 years previously. She newly presented with cauda equina symptoms attributed to a recurrent schwannoma. Following gross total secondary tumor resection, the patient's preoperative deficits fully resolved, and the tumor never recurred.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Secondary gross total excision of schwannomas of the cauda equina is critical to avoid further tumor recurrence.