Tumors Presenting as Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies
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+8 more
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The transnasal endoscopic approach for resection of clival tumors: a single-center experience
Clival tumors present challenging entities regarding their treatment options. Due to their proximity to critical neurovascular structures, the operative goal of gross total tumor resection is rendered more difficult by a high risk of neurological ...
Vicki M. Butenschoen+6 more
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CRISPR/Cas9 mediated knockout of rb1 and rbl1 leads to rapid and penetrant retinoblastoma development in Xenopus tropicalis [PDF]
Retinoblastoma is a pediatric eye tumor in which bi-allelic inactivation of the Retinoblastoma 1 (RB1) gene is the initiating genetic lesion. Although recently curative rates of retinoblastoma have increased, there are at this time no molecular targeted ...
Boel, Annekatrien+12 more
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Vestibular schwannoma: 825 cases from a 25-year experience
Summary Introduction: Acoustic nerve tumors have been recognized as a clinico-pathologic entity for at least 200 years, and they represent 90% of cerebellopontine angle diseases.
Mariana Hausen Pinna+2 more
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Clinical reasoning in canine spinal disease: what combination of clinical information is useful? [PDF]
Spinal disease in dogs is commonly encountered in veterinary practice. Numerous diseases may cause similar clinical signs and presenting histories. The study objective was to use statistical models to identify combinations of discrete parameters from the
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Biphenotypic Sinonasal Sarcoma-Case Report and Review of Clinicopathological Features and Diagnostic Modalities. [PDF]
Background Biphenotypic sinonasal sarcoma is a recently described malignancy showing dual differentiation with both myogenic and neural elements. Due to its histologic similarities to other sinonasal malignancies, it is a diagnostic challenge.
Chitguppi, Chandala+6 more
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Acquired ptosis associated with oculomotor and contralateral facial nerve synkinesis: the first reported case [PDF]
Evidence of oculomotor nerve (ON) synkinesis is a common occurrence following both acquired and congenital III nerve palsy. It is generally accepted that aberrant regeneration is the likely aetiology of synkinesis in acquired III nerve palsy, following ...
Conversi, Andrea+7 more
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Intracranial schwannomas arising from cranial nerves: Case series and review of literature
Tumors arising from the cranial nerve sheath are common intracranial neoplasms, with only few articles describing their imaging characteristics. In this present study of four cases of schwannomas originating from the cranial nerves in the head region, we
Rashmeet Kaur+3 more
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Multiple cranial neuropathies as a manifestation of paraneoplastic syndrome in thymoma
Neurological symptoms could be a manifestation of cancer both with direct involvement of the nervous system (tumor invasion, metastasis, compression of nerve tissue by neoplasm) and its mediated damage in patients with paraneoplastic syndromes ...
G. R. Ramazanov+5 more
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Melanoma mimicking malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with spread to the cerebellopontine angle: Utility of next-generation sequencing in diagnosis [PDF]
Cutaneous spindle cell malignancy is associated with a broad differential diagnosis, particularly in the absence of a known primary melanocytic lesion.
Birinyi, Paul+6 more
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