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ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF THORACIC SCHWANNOMATOSIS: A CASE REPORT [PDF]

Coluna/Columna
Schwannomatosis, also known as neurofibromatosis type III, is a rare condition characterized by the development of multiple schwannomas along peripheral nerve sheaths.
Ramon Venzon Ferreira, Diogo Martins Maldonado, Kelsen de Oliveira Teixeira, Cesar Luiz Bertonha, Esthael Cristina Querido Avelar Bergamaschi, Leonardo Ribeiro Nascimento, Sonja Ellen Lobo, João Paulo Machado Bergamaschi   +7 more
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Increasing access to specialty care for rare diseases: a case study using a foundation sponsored clinic network for patients with neurofibromatosis 1, neurofibromatosis 2, and schwannomatosis

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Our primary aim was to assess the ability of a non-profit foundation-sponsored clinic network to facilitate access to specialized care for patients with neurofibromatoses (NF), a group of neurogenetic disorders including NF1, NF2, and ...
Vanessa L. Merker, Annie Dai, Heather B. Radtke, Pamela Knight, Justin T. Jordan, Scott R. Plotkin   +5 more
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Sporadic NF2 Mosaic: Multiple spinal schwannomas presenting with severe, intractable pain following pregnancy

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2017
The aim of the present paper is to report undiagnosed sporadic neurofibromatosis type 2 presenting with symptomatic compressive spinal tumors following pregnancy.
Jeffrey H. Zimering, Bryan D. Choi, Matthew J. Koch, John C. Dewitt, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov, John H. Shin   +5 more
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Historical Development of Diagnostic Criteria for NF2-related Schwannomatosis

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
NF2-related schwannomatosis (NF2; previously termed neurofibromatosis type 2) is a tumor-prone disorder characterized by development of multiple schwannomas and meningiomas. The diagnostic criteria of NF2 have been regularly revised.
Ryota TAMURA, Masahiro YO, Masahiro TODA
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Oral plexiform schwannoma: A case report and relevant immunohistochemical investigation

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Schwannomas are benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors originating from the Schwann cells. Most schwannomas in the head and neck region are solitary; however, multiple schwannomas affecting one or more nerves suggest a possible association with ...
Johan Sergheraert, Dominique Zachar, Vincent Furon, Roman-Hossein Khonsari, Nicolas Ortonne, Cedric Mauprivez   +5 more
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A single-cell atlas of Schwannoma across genetic backgrounds and anatomic locations

Genome Medicine
Background Schwannomas are nerve sheath tumors arising at cranial and peripheral nerves, either sporadically or in patients with a schwannomatosis-predisposition syndrome. There is limited understanding of the transcriptional heterogeneity of schwannomas
L. Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, Avishai Gavish, Lillian Bussema, Christopher W. Mount, Cyril Neftel, Masashi Nomura, E. Antonio Chiocca, Wenya Linda Bi, Omar Arnaout, Fred G. Barker, Justin M. Brown, Justin T. Jordan, Tracy T. Batchelor, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov, Scott R. Plotkin, Itay Tirosh, Mario L. Suvà   +16 more
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Sciatic Schwannoma: A Rare Cause of Sciatica and its Surgical Management

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Schwannoma are rare benign tumours of the peripheral nerve sheath, arising from the schwann cells. Sciatic nerve is the largest nerve of the human body, and sciatic schwannoma are rare, with incidence of
Saurabh Gawand, Rajesh Gattani, Arvind Chava, Apoorva Pande, Abhiram Chadive   +4 more
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Age-related schwannomatosis with potential exosome-mediated contribution to prostate hyperplasia: a case report and mini-review

Therapeutic Advances in Urology, 2019
A 72-year-old Caucasian man incurring a prostate hypertrophy presented with a right forearm nodule, the growth of which appeared to parallel the rise in his blood prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level. Echographic examination was consistent with a median-
Bérengère Chignon-Sicard, Véronique Hofman, Daniel Chevallier, Jean-Michel Cucchi, Marius Ilié, Bérengère Dadone-Montaudié, Florence Paul, Xavier Carpentier, Hervé Quintens, Coraline Bence-Gauchiez, Didier Caselles, Jacqueline Rossant, Matthieu Durand, Roger Bertolotti   +13 more
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Trigeminal Neuralgia with Persistent Trigeminal Artery Variant and Schwannomatosis of the Abducens and Lower Cranial Nerves: A Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
Multiple cranial neuropathies are complex neurological disorders that present significant treatment challenges due to their intricate and multifaceted underlying causes.
Seong Gwang Kim, Hye Jeong Choi, Kyung Gi Cho, Jung Youn Kim, Sang Heum Kim   +4 more
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Schwannomatosis [PDF]

, 2020
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