A case of intraparenchymal schwannoma is presented. A 61-year-old woman, with stigmata of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis (NF-2), presented with a history of weakness of the right lower limb for 2 months. She was investigated by MR which showed a circular mass with a maximum diameter of 5 cm in the right parieto-occipital lobe. The tumor was removed in toto via a left parieto-occipital craniotomy. The patient was discharged two weeks after the operation and remains well now 2 years later. The clinical and neuroradiological findings of reported intraparenchymal schwannomas, including the case reported here, are discussed.
Intracerebral schwannoma. Case report / L., Cervoni; Caruso, Riccardo; Gagliardi, Franco Maria. - In: JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0390-5616. - STAMPA. - 42:1(1998), pp. 57-59.
Intracerebral schwannoma. Case report
CARUSO, Riccardo;GAGLIARDI, Franco Maria
1998
Abstract
A case of intraparenchymal schwannoma is presented. A 61-year-old woman, with stigmata of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis (NF-2), presented with a history of weakness of the right lower limb for 2 months. She was investigated by MR which showed a circular mass with a maximum diameter of 5 cm in the right parieto-occipital lobe. The tumor was removed in toto via a left parieto-occipital craniotomy. The patient was discharged two weeks after the operation and remains well now 2 years later. The clinical and neuroradiological findings of reported intraparenchymal schwannomas, including the case reported here, are discussed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
