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Seizures and Blurred Vision as Initial Presentation of Intracerebral Schwannoma: A Rare Tumor of the Brain

Schwannomas are the most common tumor of peripheral nerves which are arising from Schwann cells and are benign in their nature. Intracranial schwannoma accounts for between 5 and 8% of intracranial tumors, whereas intracerebral schwannoma, a rare disease, accounts for <1% of intracranial schwanno...

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Autores principales: Alayyaf, Mohammad, Taher Nasir, Nour
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6387709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30881716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8158950
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description Schwannomas are the most common tumor of peripheral nerves which are arising from Schwann cells and are benign in their nature. Intracranial schwannoma accounts for between 5 and 8% of intracranial tumors, whereas intracerebral schwannoma, a rare disease, accounts for <1% of intracranial schwannomas. Intracerebral schwannoma has no specific clinical manifestation, and it is not classified by age. Here, we are reporting a case of an 18-year-old male who presented with attacks of seizures. MR imaging studies were done and showed right parieto-occipital cortical and subcortical mass lesion with intense enhancement and significant vasogenic oedema with mass effect on the subjacent sulci. The tumor was surgically removed through a right occipital craniotomy. Histological findings confirmed the diagnosis of schwannoma.
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spelling pubmed-63877092019-03-17 Seizures and Blurred Vision as Initial Presentation of Intracerebral Schwannoma: A Rare Tumor of the Brain Alayyaf, Mohammad Taher Nasir, Nour Case Rep Pathol Case Report Schwannomas are the most common tumor of peripheral nerves which are arising from Schwann cells and are benign in their nature. Intracranial schwannoma accounts for between 5 and 8% of intracranial tumors, whereas intracerebral schwannoma, a rare disease, accounts for <1% of intracranial schwannomas. Intracerebral schwannoma has no specific clinical manifestation, and it is not classified by age. Here, we are reporting a case of an 18-year-old male who presented with attacks of seizures. MR imaging studies were done and showed right parieto-occipital cortical and subcortical mass lesion with intense enhancement and significant vasogenic oedema with mass effect on the subjacent sulci. The tumor was surgically removed through a right occipital craniotomy. Histological findings confirmed the diagnosis of schwannoma. Hindawi 2019-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6387709/ /pubmed/30881716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8158950 Text en Copyright © 2019 Mohammad Alayyaf and Nour Taher Nasir. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Alayyaf, Mohammad
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Seizures and Blurred Vision as Initial Presentation of Intracerebral Schwannoma: A Rare Tumor of the Brain
title Seizures and Blurred Vision as Initial Presentation of Intracerebral Schwannoma: A Rare Tumor of the Brain
title_full Seizures and Blurred Vision as Initial Presentation of Intracerebral Schwannoma: A Rare Tumor of the Brain
title_fullStr Seizures and Blurred Vision as Initial Presentation of Intracerebral Schwannoma: A Rare Tumor of the Brain
title_full_unstemmed Seizures and Blurred Vision as Initial Presentation of Intracerebral Schwannoma: A Rare Tumor of the Brain
title_short Seizures and Blurred Vision as Initial Presentation of Intracerebral Schwannoma: A Rare Tumor of the Brain
title_sort seizures and blurred vision as initial presentation of intracerebral schwannoma: a rare tumor of the brain
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6387709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30881716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8158950
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