A rare case of spinal schwannoma in a child presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage: A case report with review of literature

We report a case of dorsolumbar schwannoma in an 11-year-old girl presenting clinically with signs and symptoms mimicking meningitis, but meningeal signs later proved to be due to SAH associated with spinal (D12-L1) schwannoma and hydrocephalus. Mass was excised and ventriculoperitoneal shunt was inserted. In our clinical practice, we may sometimes come across some uncommon diseases with even more uncommon presentations as happened with us at our institute. We must always consider that there is a possibility of SAH owing to silent spinal lesion in patients with angiographic negative intracranial SAH as in this case.

Source: Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences - February 25, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Humam Tanki Harshita Singh Uday S Raswan Abdul R Bhat Yagnesh Saija Altaf R Kirmani Iqbal Javaid Source Type: research