Cauda Canis: Variation of a Tinel's Sign for a Sciatic Nerve Tumor. (15th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: George, Keith; Burke, Shane; Arkun, Knarik; Riesenburger, Ron
• Other Names: Turgut Mehmet Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in neurological medicine. Volume 2020(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-12-15
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Neurology; Nervous System Diseases; Nervous system -- Diseases; Neurology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1155/2020/8822866
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6676

Abstract

Abstract : A patient with a prior history of intradural schwannoma and disc herniation presented with radicular pain after being hit in the thigh by a dog's tail. She was worked up and found to have a tumor of her right sciatic nerve. The tumor was resected and histology was consistent with schwannoma. The dog's tail acted as a Tinel's sign maneuver and led to timely identification of her peripheral nerve tumor. Peripheral nerve schwannomas can present in unusual forms, and Tinel's maneuver may be a useful tool in diagnosis.