Isolated trochlear nerve schwannoma presenting with diplopia: A case report and literature review
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2015 Background: Trochlear nerve schwannoma is a very rare tumor encountered especially in patients without type 2 neurofibromatosis (NF2). Most of the time, this tumor is diagnosed intraoperatively.
Mohammad Samadian +4 more
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Vocal fold schwannoma in a 13-year-old girl
Journal of the Scientific Society, 2020 Laryngeal neurogenic tumors are extremely rare clinical entity. It is a benign and slowly growing neoplasm. Schwannoma of the larynx often arises from the aryepiglottic fold and false vocal cord.
Santosh Kumar Swain +3 more
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Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma presenting as colitis: A case report [PDF]
, 2007 We report a case of a patient presenting with clinical , radiological and endoscopic features of colitis due to a compressive left para-aortic mass.
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Vestibular schwannoma and ipsilateral endolymphatic hydrops: an unusual association [PDF]
, 2017 Vestibular schwannoma and endolymphatic hydrops are two conditions that may present with similar audio-vestibular symptoms. The association of the two in the same patient represents an unusual nding that may lead clinicians to errors and delays in ...
ALTISSIMI, Giancarlo +8 more
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Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2012 Schwannoma in the head and neck is usually arising from parapharyngeal space, but masseteric schwannoma is very rare. We report a schwannoma arising from masseter muscle in a 60-year-old male patient, who was presented with a history of painless swelling
Subba Rao Vanukuru +4 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 +4 more
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Denervated Schwann cells attract macrophages by secretion of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in a process regulated by interleukin-6 and LIF [PDF]
, 2002 Injury to peripheral nerves results in the infiltration of immune cells, which remove axonal- and myelin-derived material. Schwann cells could play a key role in this process by regulating macrophage infiltration.
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A Rare Adrenal Incidentaloma: Adrenal Schwannoma
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2013 Adrenal schwannoma is an extremely uncommon cause of incidentaloma. It originates from neural sheath Schwann cells of the adrenal gland. We report the case of a left adrenal schwannoma incidentally discovered in a 32-year-old woman during examination of ...
Mine Adas +5 more
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Cranial and extracranial presentations of schwannoma: Original study
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2015 Introduction: Schwannoma is a benign tumor that originates from the Schwann cells of the peripheral nerves. Schwannomas are usually a solitary, slow growing benign neoplasm, and well-encapsulated. The present study was carried out to know the cranial and
Srikanth Shastry
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Isolated schwannoma of the urinary bladder: a case report and review of the literature
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 The urinary bladder schwannoma is an extremely rare primary urologic tumor. Schwannoma arises from the Schwann´s cells in the nerve sheaths and is almost associated with von Recklinghausen´s disease. We report a case of schwannoma in a 35-year old female
Hamid Nasrollahi +6 more
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