Case Report

The Management of Sacral Schwannoma: Report of Four Cases and Review of Literature

Figure 2

MR examination of pelvis demonstrates bony destruction at sacrum and neural foramen from S1–S4 levels with soft tissue mass formation. This mass appears as low signal intensity on sagittal T1-weighted MR image (Figure 2(a)), heterogeneous increased signal intensity on sagittal and axial T2-weighted MR image (Figures 2(b) and 2(c)). Tumor extended and displaced uterus and urinary bladder anteriorly, but not invaded, evidenced by fat plane (arrows).
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