Farooq Azam, Mian Iftikhar-ul Haq, Mushtaq Ali Noman, Riaz -ur Rehman, Mewat Shah.
Management of cervical neurofibroma type.
Pak J Neuro Surg Jan ;15(2):120-3.

Objective: To determine the clinical presentation and postoperative outcome of cervical neurofibroma type 1.Study design: Retrospective study.Place and Duration of Study: Hayatabad Medical Complex Hospital Peshawar Khyber pakhtoonkhawa from 1st February 1999 to 31st July 2011.Material and Methods: A total 41 patients with symptomatic cervical spine neurofibromas who underwent surgical decompression and tumor resection were included in this study. Both gender (male and female) and patients in the age range of 20 – 70 years were included in this study. These patients were operated through posterior approach of the cervical spine and then followed for six months for postoperative outcome .The patients’ demographic details and clinical manifestation were entered into a semi structured proforma. Data was analyzed through statistical program SPSS version 11.Results: Out of 41 patients, there were 22 (53.6%) males and 19 (46.3%) females. The age of patients ranged from 20 to 70 years. In this study the overall mean age was 39.2 years. Majority of patients 19 (46.3%) were in the age range of 31 – 40 years. Most common clinical presentation of patient were quadrapresis in 23 (56.1%) pain neck 9 (22%) paraparesis 9 (22%) patients. Postoperatively most of the patients recovered from their preoperative symptoms. Conclusions: Quadraparesis and pain neck were the common clinical presentation of cervical cord neurofibroma type 1. Surgical outcome of cevical neurofibroma type 1 is good.

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