Ancient olfactory schwannoma - case report and literature review
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Ancient Olfactory Schwannoma - Case Report and Literature Review.
Intracranial schwannomas are benign tumors that arise from Schwann cells. Since it is well known that optic and olfactory nerves do not have a Schwann cell sheath, schwannoma should not develop from these nerves. We report a very unusual case of a 73-year-old female who presented with generalized seizures and had radiological features of an intracranial aneurysm. Additional imaging showed an ex...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Neurosurgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1019-5149
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.jtn.14122-15.0