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Schwannoma with tentorial attachment in the cerebellopontine angle mimicking a meningioma.

Chung KH, Cherian M, Chandran KN

Department of Neurosurgery, The Canberra Hospital, Woden, 2606 ACT, Australia. cchung@med.usyd.edu.au

Intracranial schwannoma not associated with the cranial nerves is rare. It is also an intriguing neoplasm since the Schwann cell is not native to the central nervous system. To date only four cases of intracranial schwannoma arising from the tentorium have been reported. We present a 49-year-old woman who harboured a schwannoma with a tentorial attachment in the right cerebellopontine angle and describe the relevant clinical, radiological and pathological findings. In addition, we briefly review the main hypotheses for the origin of this neoplasm and highlight its resemblance to meningioma and inclusion as a differential diagnosis.

Published 19 June 2007 in J Clin Neurosci, 14(8): 797-801.
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