Abstract
This is a case of a dumbbell type neurinoma for which a posterolateral approach to surgery was adopted, resulting in the total removal of the neurinoma with a single surgical procedure. The patient is a 61-year-old woman with a solid mass in her neck, which was incidentally found. Magnetic resonance images suggested a dumbbell neurinoma with a large extraspinal part extending laterally through the C2-3 neural foramen. She was operated on with the successful removal of the mass using a posterolateral approach through the posterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. This approach provided excellent access, not only to the extraspinal portion of the tumor. but also to the intraspinal portion of the tumor through partial laminectomy without removing any part of the vertebral bodies and facet joints.
