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Trigeminal Ophthalmic Branch Schwannoma: Case Report and Literature Review

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2021
Schwannomas are the fourth most common primary neoplasms affecting the brain and cranial nerves. Central lesions commonly arise from sensory nerve roots, and a common intracranial site is the vestibular branch of the 8th nerve (>85%). We present the case
Luiza Rech Köhler, Paulo Moacir Mesquita Filho, Fabio Pires Santos, Renato Sawasaki, Richard Giacomelli, Rafael Cordeiro, Octavio Karam Ruschel, Daniela Schwingel   +7 more
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Intralabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Responsive to Intratympanic Gentamicin Treatment [PDF]

, 2017
Intralabyrinthine schwannoma (ILS) is a rare benign tumor that affects the ends of cochlear and vestibular nerves. In a majority of the cases, it occurs with unilateral progressive sensorineural hearing loss.
Barbara, Maurizio, Covelli, Edoardo, Filippi, Chiara, Marrone, V, Monini, Simonetta, Tarentini, S, Volpini, Luigi   +6 more
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Surgery of vestibular schwannomas

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2012
Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are the most common tumors of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA). Their surgical management has reached high standards in the last decade. Treatment options for VS are microsurgical removal or Radiosurgery.
Madjid Samii, Amir Samii, Venelin Gerganov   +2 more
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Subtotal resection of vestibular schwannoma: evaluation with Ki-67 measurement, magnetic resonance imaging, and long-term observation [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative clinical and radiological data of patients with vestibular schwannomas who were initially managed by near total resection (NTR) or subtotal resection (STR).
Angeletti, Diletta, Carletti, Raffaella, De Vincentiis, Marco, Di Gioia, Cira Rosaria Tiziana, Iannella, Giannicola, Magliulo, Giuseppe, Manno, Alessandra, Pasquariello, Benedetta, Savastano, Ersilia   +8 more
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Radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2014
Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are benign tumours arising from the 8th cranial nerve. There are various treatment options for these tumours, which depend upon the tumour size and patient age.
Sumit Sinha, A.K. Mahapatra
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas: Reducing Toxicity With 11 Gy as the Marginal Prescribed Dose

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
BackgroundStereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a common treatment option for vestibular schwannomas. Historically, a dose de-escalation of the marginal prescribed dose from 16 Gy to 12–13 Gy has been done to limit toxicity without reducing local control ...
Guillaume Dupic, Marie Urcissin, Thierry Mom, Pierre Verrelle, Véronique Dedieu, Ioana Molnar, Ioana Molnar, Youssef El-Ouadih, Vincent Chassin, Michel Lapeyre, Jean-Jacques Lemaire, Julian Biau, Toufic Khalil   +12 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, Article Id, Douglas R. Sidell, Keith E. Blackwell, Matthew K. Lee   +4 more
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SMARCB1/INI1 germline mutations contribute to 10% of sporadic schwannomatosis

BMC Neurology, 2011
Background Schwannomatosis is a disease characterized by multiple non-vestibular schwannomas. Although biallelic NF2 mutations are found in schwannomas, no germ line event is detected in schwannomatosis patients.
Bourdon Violaine, Noguchi Tetsuro, Rousseau Guillaume, Sobol Hagay, Olschwang Sylviane   +4 more
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Cochlear Implantation in Intralabyrinthine Schwannoma: Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature

Audiology Research, 2023
Intralabyrinthine schwannomas (ILS) are rare benign tumours arising from the peripheral branches of the cochlear or vestibular nerves in the membranous labyrinth, intracochlear schwannomas being the most frequent ones.
Sebastiano Franchella, Marzia Ariano, Francesca Bevilacqua, Stefano Concheri, Elisabetta Zanoletti   +4 more
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A proteasome-resistant fragment of NIK mediates oncogenic NF-κB signaling in schwannomas [PDF]

, 2019
Schwannomas are common, highly morbid and medically untreatable tumors that can arise in patients with germ line as well as somatic mutations in neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).
Angus, Steven P., Bessler, Waylan, Chen, Shi, Clapp, D. Wade, Edwards, Donna, Gehlhausen, Jeffrey R., Hawley, Eric, He, Yongzheng, Jiang, Li, Johnson, Gary L., Lajiness, Jacquelyn D., Li, Xiaohong, Nalepa, Grzegorz, Park, Su-Jung, Rhodes, Steven D., Sandusky, George, Smith, Abbi, Staser, Karl, Stemmer-Rachamimov, Anat, Stuhlmiller, Timothy J., Wahle, Benjamin Mark, Yang, Xianlin, Yates, Charles W., Yuan, Jin   +23 more
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