PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alia Hdeib
AU  - C. Rory Goodwin
AU  - Daniel Sciubba
AU  - Ali Bydon
AU  - Jean-Paul Wolinsky
AU  - Timothy Witham
AU  - Ziya L. Gokaslan
TI  - Hemorrhagic thoracic schwannoma presenting with intradural hematoma and acute paraplegia after spinal manipulation therapy
AID  - 10.14444/3042
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - International Journal of Spine Surgery
PG  - 42
VI  - 10
4099  - http://ijssurgery.com//content/10/42.short
4100  - http://ijssurgery.com//content/10/42.full
SO  - Int J Spine Surg2016 Jan 01; 10
AB  - Hemorrhagic conversion of spinal schwannomas represents a rare occurrence; also rare is the development of a spinal intradural hematoma after spinal manipulation therapy. We report a unique presentation of paraplegia in a patient who underwent spinal manipulation therapy and was found to have a hemorrhagic thoracic schwannoma at time of surgery in the setting of anti-platelet therapy use. In patients with spinal schwannomas, tumor hemorrhage is a rare occasion, which can be considered in the setting of additive effects of spinal manipulation therapy and antiplatelet therapy.