Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3062951 | Journal of Clinical Neuroscience | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Intracranial schwannoma not associated with the cranial nerves is rare. It is also an intriguing neoplasm since the Schwann cell is not native to the central nervous system. To date only four cases of intracranial schwannoma arising from the tentorium have been reported. We present a 49-year-old woman who harboured a schwannoma with a tentorial attachment in the right cerebellopontine angle and describe the relevant clinical, radiological and pathological findings. In addition, we briefly review the main hypotheses for the origin of this neoplasm and highlight its resemblance to meningioma and inclusion as a differential diagnosis.
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Authors
K.H. Carlos Chung, Maya Cherian, K. Nadana Chandran,