Mahmood Usman B, Khan Fazal Wahab, Fatima Benish, Tariq Muhammad Usman, Fatimi Saulat H
Medical Student, The Aga Khan University, Karachi.
Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2016 Aug;26(8):707-9.
We present a case of a 17-year male with a soft tissue density spreading from the neural foramina (T3) of the spinal cord and involving the right upper thoracic cavity. We managed the patient through surgical intervention and resected the complete tumor. Gross definition and microscopic findings of the resected tissue revealed the definitive diagnosis of melanotic schwannoma. The histological characteristics in this case were very specific and harbour an important diagnostic clue for this rare disease. Malignant melanoma was ruled out on the basis of histological findings. The patient recovered completely and was healthy on one-year follow-up.
