Metastatic tumours mimicking vestibular schwannoma

M Preuss; M Stein; M Huegens-Penzel; K Kuchelmeister; U Nestler

doi:10.1007/s00701-008-0007-5

Metastatic tumours mimicking vestibular schwannoma

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2008 Sep;150(9):915-9. doi: 10.1007/s00701-008-0007-5. Epub 2008 Aug 27.

Authors

M Preuss¹, M Stein, M Huegens-Penzel, K Kuchelmeister, U Nestler

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 18754073
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0007-5

Abstract

In this review of the literature we discuss the rare occurrence of metastatic tumours mimicking bilateral vestibular schwannoma and present an own case with pancreatic signet-ring cell carcinoma as primary tumour.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / diagnosis*
Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / secondary*
Cerebellopontine Angle
Diagnosis, Differential
Ear Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Ear Neoplasms / secondary*
Ear, Inner*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Neuroma, Acoustic / diagnosis*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
Staining and Labeling