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Congenital intra-extracranial dumbbell schwannoma of temporal fossa unassociated with any major cranial nerve
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 9:97-99
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2002.
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Abstract
- Intracranial schwannomas commonly arise from the vestibular nerve and less commonly from other cranial nerves. On rare occasions, they may be intraparenchymatous, intraventricularor intrasellar. However, the occurrence of a congenital solitary intracranial extradural schwannoma unrelated to any cranial nerve in the absence of von Recklinghausan's syndrome is exceptional. The authors report a unique, heretofore unreported case of a congenital temporal extradural schwannoma, unassociated with any known cranial nerve and with a transcranial extension presenting as a temporal fossa mass since birth in a 16-year-old female patient. Total resection of this tumour was uncomplicated. A brief review of the relevant literature is presented.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Skull Neoplasms
Schwannoma
Resection
X ray computed
Physiology (medical)
Female patient
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
Cranial fossa
business.industry
Cranial nerves
Headache
General Medicine
Anatomy
medicine.disease
Vestibular nerve
Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Neurology
Female
Surgery
Neurology (clinical)
Temporal fossa
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Neurilemmoma
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09675868
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....06e73bc8a669eabbb074fa1df5f6551d