Unattached intracranial extra-axial schwannoma

Br J Neurosurg. 1996 Aug;10(4):405-7. doi: 10.1080/02688699647366.

Abstract

We describe an intracranial extra-axial petroclival schwannoma which did not arise from any cranial nerve, nor was it attached to brain parenchyma or dura. The possible pathogenesis is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mesencephalon / pathology
  • Mesencephalon / surgery
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neurilemmoma / pathology*
  • Neurilemmoma / surgery
  • Pons / pathology*
  • Pons / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed