Intracranial hypoglossal nerve schwannoma with extracranial extension
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Intracranial hypoglossal nerve schwannoma with extracranial extension
Benign extramedullary tumours of the foramen magnum region are largely schwannomas and meningiomas. Tumours originating from the motor part of cranial nerves, such as the VIIth, IXth, XIth and XIIth cranial nerves, are extremely rare. Hypoglossal nerve (cranial nerve XII) schwannomas are such an example, usually arising intracranially and, in exceptional cases, extending into the extracranial c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Radiology Extra
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1477-6804
DOI: 10.1016/j.cradex.2004.09.004