Tic convulsif caused by cerebellopontine angle schwannoma

Retraction: Jhin-Soo Pyen, et al. Tic Convulsif Caused by Cerebellopontine Angle Schwannoma. Yonsei Med J 2001; 42:255-7

Giant cerebellopontine angle schwannoma in a child.

To cite: Gabel BC, Newbury RO, Levy ML, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-201253 DESCRIPTION A 6-year-old boy presented with a 6-month history of worsening gait, abnormal eye movements and head tilt. Neurological examination revealed papilloedema, gaze-evoked nystagmus, decreased rightsided hearing, decreased sensation in the right V1 tr...

Painful tic convulsif.

Painful tic convulsif is a syndrome restricted to paroxysmal dysfunction of the fifth and seventh cranial nerves. It occurs primarily in women over the age of 50 years and is usually associated with an ectatic vertebrobasilar artery--less frequently an arteriovenous malformation or cholesteatoma--which compresses the trigeminal and facial nerve roots in the posterior fossa. In rare instances th...

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia caused by arachnoid cyst in the cerebellopontine angle.

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a relatively rare condition characterized by severe, paroxysmal episodes of lancinating pain in the tongue, throat, ear, and tonsil. This disorder is assumed to be due to compression of the glossopharyngeal nerve by vascular structures. A 47-year-old woman complaining of sharp and lancinating pain in the right periauricular and submandibular areas visited our hospi...

Facial nerve schwannoma arising from the cerebellopontine angle.

A 74-year-old female suffered hearing disturbance in the right ear persisting for several years, followed by sudden onset of right facial nerve palsy. Her symptoms gradually worsened and neuroradiological imaging revealed a 4-cm cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumor. Intraoperatively, the tumor was found to originate from the facial nerve. Total removal of the tumor was achieved, followed by a spl...