A demonstrative case of cervicomedullary junction schwannoma resected with unilateral limited laminectomy in a 58-year-old female patient. Preoperative MR images (upper) show oval shaped well-enhanced tumor mass at the right side of cranio-vertebral junction, which is completely resected with right unilateral laminectomy (lower right). Himilaminectomy defect is clearly seen on postoperative 3D CT scan (lower left).