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Isolated Abducens Nerve Palsy in an Adolescent With Confounding Multisystem Serology: A Case Report and Diagnostic Review [PDF]

Case Reports in Pediatrics
Cranial nerve palsies in pediatric patients are rare and can be challenging to diagnose due to the broad spectrum of potential causes, including infections, inflammation, neoplasms, and idiopathic conditions.
Roberto Paparella, Irene Bernabei, Fabiola Panvino, Camilla Ajassa, Lorenzo Benedetti, Lucia Leonardi, Alberto Spalice, Luigi Tarani   +7 more
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A Rare Case of Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies as the First Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

European Medical Journal Neurology, 2022
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer. It mainly occurs in patients with chronic liver diseases such as cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B or C infections, as well as chronic alcoholics.
Vedpal Singh Punia, Apoorva Shetty, Nalini Kurri, Neelabh Pratap   +3 more
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Tumors Presenting as Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies

Case Reports in Neurology, 2017
Cranial nerve palsy could be one of the presenting features of underlying benign or malignant tumors of the head and neck. The tumor can involve the cranial nerves by local compression, direct infiltration or by paraneoplastic process.
Kishore Kumar, Rafeeq Ahmed, Bharat Bajantri, Amandeep Singh, Hafsa Abbas, Eddy Dejesus, Rana Raheel Khan, Masooma Niazi, Sridhar Chilimuri   +8 more
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Helicobacter pylori infection is causally associated with extra-gastric tumors: a Mendelian randomization study [PDF]

Discover Oncology
Background Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is a major pathogen associated with gastric cancer. However, the causal relationship between H. pylori infection and extra-gastric tumors has not been fully elucidated.
Jianwei Liu, Haiqiang Cheng, Gege Feng
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Trigeminal Ophthalmic Branch Schwannoma: Case Report and Literature Review

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2021
Schwannomas are the fourth most common primary neoplasms affecting the brain and cranial nerves. Central lesions commonly arise from sensory nerve roots, and a common intracranial site is the vestibular branch of the 8th nerve (>85%). We present the case
Luiza Rech Köhler, Paulo Moacir Mesquita Filho, Fabio Pires Santos, Renato Sawasaki, Richard Giacomelli, Rafael Cordeiro, Octavio Karam Ruschel, Daniela Schwingel   +7 more
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Dumbbell-shaped solid-cystic hypoglossal schwannoma: An unusual case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Hypoglossal Schwannomas are extremely rare benign slow-growing neoplasms, which originate from the 12th cranial nerve. To date, and to the best of our knowledge, only 40 cases of dumbbell-shaped Hypoglossal Swchannomas have been published in the world ...
Amine Trifa, MD, Kais Maamri, MD, Ines Cherif, MD, Ghassen Elkahla, MD, Mehdi Darmoul, MD,PhD   +4 more
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Rare Retro-Orbital Intraconal Occurrence of Benign Schwannoma – A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Schwannomas otherwise referred to as neurilemmomas are benign, slowly progressing, encapsulated tumors arising from Schwann cells in the peripheral nerve sheath. They may grow along any peripheral or cranial nerve. Amongst the cranial nerve schwannomas,
A.L. Hemalatha, Vani.D, Giripunja M, Bharathi M, Geetanjali S   +4 more
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Cavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm presenting with ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
The oculomotor nerve palsy is a rare neurological deficit, it is associated with numerous underlying pathologies. Including stroke, neoplasms, trauma, post-surgical inflammation, and microvascular damage from chronic disease.
Nizar Almaghrabi, MBBS, Yousef Fatani, MBBS, Abeer Saab, Consultant neuroradiology   +2 more
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Hypoglossal schwannoma masquerading as a carotid body tumor. [PDF]

, 2012
Study Objective. To describe the clinical presentation, evaluation, and treatment of a hypoglossal schwannoma. Methods. We report an unusual case of a hypoglossal schwannoma presenting as a pulsatile level II neck mass at the bifurcation of the external ...
Abie H. Mendelsohn, Article Id, Douglas R. Sidell, Keith E. Blackwell, Matthew K. Lee   +4 more
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Surgical resection of a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma invading the infraorbital maxillary nerve

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022
Surgical resection of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas with perineural tumor invasion (SCC) represents an oncological challenge. Although perineural tumor invasion occurs in about 3% of all SCC of the skin, it is recognized as a poor prognostic factor ...
Marco Augusto Sobreira Rocha-Filho, Marcio Ribeiro Studart-da-Fonseca-Filho, Marina Cavalcanti Studart-da-Fonseca, Harley Brito da Silva, Marcio Ribeiro Studart-da-Fonseca   +4 more
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