MENINGIOMA OF THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION
https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2014.4.137-141
Abstract
The paper describes clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord tumor localized in the anterior portion of the craniovertebral junction in a 43-years-old patient after a course of stereotactic radiotherapy with the CyberKnife linear accelerator. The surgical treatment included microsurgical total removal of intradural extramedullary tumor at the level of the craniovertebral junction through far lateral approach with neurophysiologic monitoring. Good clinical results achieved in the early postoperative period were presented by restoration of muscle force in the limbs (regression of tetraparesis) and headache relief.
About the Authors
Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Stupak
Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Samuil Semenovich Rabinovich
Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr Evgenyevich Mityukov
Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ivan Viktorovich Pendyurin
Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey Veniaminovich Shabanov
Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Stupak V.V., Rabinovich S.S., Mityukov A.E., Pendyurin I.V., Shabanov S.V. MENINGIOMA OF THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2014;(4):137-141. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2014.4.137-141
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