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Chemotherapy in Schwannomatosis: Justified Strategy or Deviation From Surgical Standard of Care? [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Although schwannomatosis is a benign peripheral nerve sheath disorder, management decisions become challenging in recurrent diffuse disease. Before systemic chemotherapy is initiated, careful distinction between benign schwannomatosis and malignant ...
Muhammad Abdullah Awan
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A Rare Case of Diffuse Extra‐Cranial Schwannomatosis of the Trunk and Limbs [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Schwannomas are benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs) arising from myelin sheaths, with schwannomatosis characterized by multiple lesions without neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) or type 2 (NF2) stigmata.
Bernadette Pedun, Ivaan Pitua, Felix Bongomin, Samuel Bugeza, Alex Bakenga, Valeria Nabbosa   +5 more
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Deciphering and Targeting the Schwannoma‐Neuron‐Macrophage Crosstalk for the Treatment of Schwannomatosis and Associated Pain [PDF]

Advanced Science
Non‐NF2 Schwannomatosis (SWN) is a genetic disorder characterized by multiple non‐malignant schwannomas growing on the spine and peripheral nerves. Patients with SWN overwhelmingly present with intractable chronic pain. There are no FDA‐approved drugs to
Zhenzhen Yin, Limeng Wu, Yanling Zhang, Yao Sun, Grace Y. Lee, Simeng Lu, Xing Gao, John W. Chen, Sonu Subudhi, William Ho, Chao Zhu, Jun Ren, Gino B. Ferraro, Alona Muzikansky, Anat Stemmer‐Rachamimov, Jianren Mao, Scott R. Plotkin, Lei Xu   +17 more
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Optimal Delivery of Pain Management in Schwannomatosis: A Literature Review [PDF]

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
Utaro Hino,1 Ryota Tamura,2 Masahiro Toda2 1Department of Neurosurgery, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan; 2Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence: Ryota Tamura, Department of ...
Ryota Tamura, Masahiro Toda
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Quality of life assessment in schwannomatosis – A systematic review [PDF]

Brain and Spine
Introduction: The term schwannomatosis refers to rare genetic disorders characterized by the development of multiple tumors within the central and/or peripheral nervous system.
Anna C. Lawson McLean, Steffen K. Rosahl, Aaron Lawson McLean, Pascal Fehringer, Anna Freier, Denise Löschner, Marcel A. Kamp, Christian Senft, Andreas K. Demetriades   +8 more
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Imaging and pathology correlation in schwannomatosis: insights from a case series [PDF]

BMC Medical Imaging
Background Schwannomatosis is a rare tumor syndrome characterized by multiple peripheral schwannomas. The correlation between imaging features and pathological subtypes remains underexplored.
Li-xue Wu, Cheng-wei Kang
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Familial Schwannomatosis: A Diagnostic Challenge [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Schwannomatosis is a disease characterized by the development of multiple benign tumours originating from Schwann cells. Schwannomatosis is a member of the family of diseases known as Neurofibromatosis (NF).
Sameer Ajit Mansukhani, Rajendra Prasad R. Butala, Sunil H Shetty, Ravindra G Khedekar   +3 more
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Schwannomatosis: report of a new case [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1992
Schwannomatosis is a rare disorder, still not quite well defined, seldom described in the literature. In this paper we report the case of male. Patient, 52 years old, who in the last 30 years developed five subcutaneous tumors within his limbs peripheral
Nélida S. Garretto, David Monteverde, Héctor Giócoli, Blanca I. Ravera, Hugo A. Molina, Ana Perurena Garayalde, Antonia Ruiz León, Roberto E. P. Sica   +7 more
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A Case of Physiologic Enhancement of Scarpa's Ganglia Mimicking Bilateral Vestibular Schwannomas in a Patient With Atypical Meningioma With NF2 Mutation. [PDF]

Case Rep Radiol
We followed a 36‐year‐old man with an atypical meningioma with somatic NF2 mutation and invasion into the bone, temporalis muscle, and pterygopalatine fossa, treated with surgical resection and adjuvant radiation therapy. His medical history included medulloblastoma treated with resection and adjuvant radiation therapy and a WHO Grade 1 meningioma ...
Paradise EA, Schmidgall JA, Dubey P, Baskin DS, Teh BS, Tremont-Lukats IW, Fung SH.   +6 more
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Optic nerve sheath diameter measurements monitor the impact of venous sinus stenosis and surgery on intracranial pressure in NF2 meningioma patients [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The study aimed to evaluate intracranial pressure (ICP) in NF2-associated meningiomas using perioperative optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurements.
Julian Zipfel, Mykola Gorbachuk, Florian Grimm, Ulrike Ernemann, Martin Ulrich Schuhmann, Marcos Tatagiba, Isabel Gugel   +6 more
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