Cervical intra-/extramedullary solitary fibrous tumour

Abstract

A 53-year-old man presented with a 9-month history of symptoms of right-sided weakness, tingling and hypersentivity to clothes on both sides of the body. MRI revealed a large intraspinal intradural tumour at the level of C3–C4 in the cervical cord. The final histology was a solitary fibrous tumour (SFT) of the cervical spinal cord. The radiological diagnosis, surgical management and histology are reviewed.

Key words:

• Cervical spine
• extramedullary tumour
• intramedullary tumour
• solitary fibrous tumour
• spinal cord