Intracranial periventricular supratentorial intraparenchymal schwannoma
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Intracranial periventricular supratentorial intraparenchymal schwannoma
BACKGROUND Intraparenchymal schwannomas in the central nervous system are very rare. Because most of these are benign, complete excision is the treatment of choice. Further, their radiological findings are difficult to differentiate from glioma. Because Schwann cells are not indigenous to cerebral parenchyma, a lot of speculation has been attached to their origin. CASE DESCRIPTION We report o...
متن کاملIntraparenchymal supratentorial neurenteric cyst.
BACKGROUND Neurenteric cysts are congenital cysts of the central nervous system that are believed to be of endodermal origin. In this report we present the unique case of a supratentorial neurenteric cyst that is contained entirely within the brain parenchyma. METHODS A patient presented with an intraparenchymal cystic lesion that was subsequently identified as a neurenteric cyst. This lesion...
متن کاملFrontal intraparenchymal schwannoma.
A 39-year-old female had been subject to headache, and intermittent seizures for 9 years and decreasing memory for one year, without obvious neurological signs. An MRI revealed a 2x2 cm contrast-enhanced lesion in the frontal lobe, with a cyst and peritumoral edema, which was not attached to the dura or falx. Preoperatively, it was diagnosed as a glioma. Total surgical removal of the lesion led...
متن کاملFrontal intraparenchymal schwannoma: a case report
Abstract The Intraparenchymal schwannomas are very rare tumors with only 52 reported cases . We describe a 38 years old man with eight months history of poorly controlled seizures despite of medical therapy. On brain CT scan a 1.5 x 1.5 cm hypodense enhancing lesion was seen in right posterior-inferior frontal lobe. On brain MRI the lesion was hypointense in T1 and hyperintense in T...
متن کاملParietal Intraparenchymal Schwannoma: Case Report
account for account for 8% of all primary brain tumours in adults, with most cases being acoustic neuromas, intraparenchymal schwannomas of the brain are rare. Gibson et al. (1) reported the first English-language account of an intraparenchymal intracerebral schwannoma in 1966. Since then, several other cases of this neoplasm have been reported (2, 3). We present a case of an unusual intracrani...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Neurology International
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2152-7806
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.195584