Isolated intraorbital schwannoma arising from the abducens nerve.
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
; 150(11): 1209-10, 2008 Nov.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18941708
ABSTRACT
CASE REPORT A case of isolated schwannoma of the orbit, arising from the terminal branches of the abducens nerve to the lateral rectus muscle, is reported. The patient presented with a painless proptosis of the left eye. DISCUSSION:
Preoperative diagnosis of benign intraorbital neoplasm was made by means of CT and MR scans; the mass was radically excised through a microsurgical lateral orbitotomy and the pathological examination revealed a schwannoma. Features of orbital schwannoma are described, together with some details concerning the surgical strategy and the history of the evolution of the lateral orbitotomy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Abducens Nerve
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Orbit
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Cranial Nerve Neoplasms
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Abducens Nerve Diseases
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Neurilemmoma
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italia