Dumbbell-shaped trigeminal neurinoma in a child.
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
; 141(4): 429-32; discussion 432-3, 1999.
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| ID: mdl-10352754
ABSTRACT
We experienced a case of solitary trigeminal neurinoma in a 10-year-old boy without stigmata of neurofibromatosis. This boy presented with progressive cerebellar ataxia, right abducens palsy and right hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance images (MRI) demonstrated a tumour extending into both the middle and posterior fossas forming a dumbbell-shaped mass lesion with a size of 35 x 30 x 45 mm. The tumour was successfully removed free of complications by a two-stage operation composed of right subtemporal and suboccipital retromastoid approaches. It is extremely rare for a solitary neurinoma to occur at this site in a child without neurofibromatosis. Surgical approaches in this type of tumour are discussed with a review of the literature.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Trigeminal Nerve
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Cranial Nerve Neoplasms
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Neurilemmoma
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan