Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma presenting as colitis: A case report [PDF]
We report a case of a patient presenting with clinical , radiological and endoscopic features of colitis due to a compressive left para-aortic mass.
Claes, Kathleen +7 more
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Vestibular schwannoma and ipsilateral endolymphatic hydrops: an unusual association [PDF]
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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Surgical treatment of sporadic vestibular schwannoma in a series of 1006 patients. Trattamento chirurgico degli schwannomi vestibolari: risultati su una serie di 1006 pazienti [PDF]
La gestione dello schwannoma vestibolare (SV) sporadico si è gradualmente evoluta negli ultimi decenni. Lo scopo di questo studio è di analizzare l’evoluzione negli esiti chirurgici dell’exeresi di queste lesioni, realizzata da un team neurotologico tra
BERNARDESCHI, DANIELE +7 more
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The molecular pathogenesis of schwannomatosis, a paradigm for the co-involvement of multiple tumour suppressor genes in tumorigenesis [PDF]
Schwannomatosis is characterized by the predisposition to develop multiple schwannomas and, less commonly, meningiomas. Despite the clinical overlap with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), schwannomatosis is not caused by germline NF2 gene mutations ...
Cooper, David Neil +3 more
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Successful step-by-step treatment of multiple tumours in neurofibromatosis type 2
A clinical study on successful treatment of multifocal brain and spinal cord lesions in neurofibromatosis type 2 in a woman aged 35 years is presented. Magnetic resonance imaging showed bilateral vestibular schwannomas, brain meningiomatosis and multiple
Andrii Sirko +3 more
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Cystic vestibular schwannomas (VS) form a rare subgroup that differs from the solid variant clinically and radiologically. Certain unique features reported in cystic VS are larger size, presentation with atypical initial symptoms such as dysgeusia ...
Reddy Ravikanth +2 more
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Giant sacral schwannoma in a neurofibromatosis type 2 patient
Background Neurofibromatosis type 2 is an autosomal dominant disorder, mainly characterized by multiple neurological lesions, such as schwannomas, meningiomas, neurofibromas and intramedullary ependymomas.
Namdev Seth +2 more
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A literature review on surgery for cervical vagal schwannomas [PDF]
Cervical vagal schwannoma is a benign, slow-growing mass, often asymptomatic, with a very low lifetime risk of malignant transformation in general population, but diagnosis is still a challenge.
A Peyvandi +31 more
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Acetylsalicylic acid has been linked to a lower risk for different cancer types, presumably through its inhibitory effect on cyclooxygenase 2.
Felix Behling +9 more
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Surgical Findings to Differentiate Between Facial Nerve Schwannoma and Vestibular Schwannoma [PDF]
ObjectivesFacial nerve schwannomas may be misdiagnosed as vestibular schwannomas (VSs) if the tumor is confined to the internal auditory canal (IAC) without involvement the geniculated ganglion or labyrinthine segment of facial nerve.
Jong Dae Lee, Won-Sang Lee
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