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An Unsuspected Intraventricular Schwannoma
Intraventricular schwannomas are rarely encountered in neurosurgical practice. The development and progression of a schwannoma within the ventricular system is still a hypothesised theory. Here, we present a case of a 59-year-old female who presented with a three-week history of headaches. Her sympt...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34790450 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18683 |
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author | Calderon, Chrystal Ramsingh, Amit Ramnarine, Devindra |
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description | Intraventricular schwannomas are rarely encountered in neurosurgical practice. The development and progression of a schwannoma within the ventricular system is still a hypothesised theory. Here, we present a case of a 59-year-old female who presented with a three-week history of headaches. Her symptoms progressively worsened, with resultant altered mental status within the last week. Imaging scans of the brain demonstrated a well-defined mass within the right lateral ventricle with associated midline shift and obstructive hydrocephalus. A parietal craniotomy and resection of the intraventricular mass was performed. Her postoperative course was uneventful. Histopathological assessment depicted a biphasic pattern of Antoni A and B, with a strongly positive S100. This was in keeping with an intraventricular schwannoma. The diagnosis of an intraventricular schwannoma does not fit within the classical differential framework for ventricular masses. These tumours are extremely uncommon but fortunately, they are typically benign. Therefore, adequate surgical resection remains the gold standard of care for these unfamiliar masses. |
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spelling | pubmed-85842702021-11-16 An Unsuspected Intraventricular Schwannoma Calderon, Chrystal Ramsingh, Amit Ramnarine, Devindra Cureus Pathology Intraventricular schwannomas are rarely encountered in neurosurgical practice. The development and progression of a schwannoma within the ventricular system is still a hypothesised theory. Here, we present a case of a 59-year-old female who presented with a three-week history of headaches. Her symptoms progressively worsened, with resultant altered mental status within the last week. Imaging scans of the brain demonstrated a well-defined mass within the right lateral ventricle with associated midline shift and obstructive hydrocephalus. A parietal craniotomy and resection of the intraventricular mass was performed. Her postoperative course was uneventful. Histopathological assessment depicted a biphasic pattern of Antoni A and B, with a strongly positive S100. This was in keeping with an intraventricular schwannoma. The diagnosis of an intraventricular schwannoma does not fit within the classical differential framework for ventricular masses. These tumours are extremely uncommon but fortunately, they are typically benign. Therefore, adequate surgical resection remains the gold standard of care for these unfamiliar masses. Cureus 2021-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8584270/ /pubmed/34790450 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18683 Text en Copyright © 2021, Calderon et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pathology Calderon, Chrystal Ramsingh, Amit Ramnarine, Devindra An Unsuspected Intraventricular Schwannoma |
title | An Unsuspected Intraventricular Schwannoma |
title_full | An Unsuspected Intraventricular Schwannoma |
title_fullStr | An Unsuspected Intraventricular Schwannoma |
title_full_unstemmed | An Unsuspected Intraventricular Schwannoma |
title_short | An Unsuspected Intraventricular Schwannoma |
title_sort | unsuspected intraventricular schwannoma |
topic | Pathology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34790450 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18683 |
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