SCHWANNOMA:- A 60 YEARS OLD FEMALE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH MILD UPPER BACK PAIN AND DIFFICULTY IN WALKING. SHE ALSO HAVING TINGLING SENSATION IN LOWER HALF OF BODY AND NUMBNESS IN LEGS. ON MRI SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SPINAL TUMOUR IN DORSAL SPINE AT D4-D5, D5-D6 LEVEL. HER SPINAL CORD IS COMPRESSED AT RIGHT SIDE DUE TO LARGE TUMOUR ON LEFT SIDE ON DORSAL SPINE. SPINE SURGERY WAS PLANNED FOR HER. SPINAL FIXATION IS DONE WITH RODS AND SCREWS AND COMPLETE TUMOUR IS REMOVED FROM DORSAL SPINE. PATIENT WAS GIVEN 2 DAYS BED REST. PATIENT IS NOW WALKING COMFORTABLY AND DOING ALL REGULAR ACTIVITIES.ON HISTOPATHOLOGY SCHWANNOMA IS DIAGNOSED. SCHWANNOMA IS A RARE TYPE OF TUMOR THAT FORMS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. SCHWANNOMA GROWS FROM CELLS CALLED SCHWANN CELLS. SCHWANN CELLS PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE NERVE CELLS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. SCHWANNOMA TUMORS ARE OFTEN BENIGN, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE NOT CANCER. BUT, IN RARE CASES, THEY CAN BECOME CANCER. SPINE TUMOUR TREATMENT / SUCCESSFUL SPINE SURGERY / BEST SPINE SURGEON IN PUNE / BEST SPINE SPECIALIST IN PUNE DR. NITISH AGARWAL, SPINE SURGEON, FC ROAD, SHIVAJI NAGAR, PUNE