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Intracerebral Schwannoma Mimicking Meningioma: Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Meihua Li ,
Jinhong Mei ,
Yiyun Li ,
Xueqin Tao  and
Tao Hong
Meihua Li*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Jinhong Mei
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Yiyun Li
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Xueqin Tao
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Tao Hong
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
*
Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No.17 Yongwaizhengjie, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, China. EMail: limeihua2000@sina.com.
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Intracranial schwannomas account for 8% of all primary brain tumors, approximately 80-90% of them being seen in the cerebellopontine angle in relation to the vestibular nerve. Schwannomas arising within brain parenchyma, unrelated to the cranial nerves, are extremely rare. To our knowledge, only 73 cases of intracerebral schwannoma have been described in the English-language literature so far,1-5 but only six cases of intracerebral schwannoma mimicking meningioma have been reported1-3 and there have been few reports regarding neuroradiological findings. Disagreement remains concerning the histogenesis of these tumors.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 40 , Issue 6 , November 2013 , pp. 881 - 884
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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