Unilateral proptosis and intracranial schwannoma.
Two cases of unilateral proptosis associated with intracranial schwannomas in children are described. In both cases, tumour occupied both the orbit and middle cranial fossa, where in one case the intracranial component was extradural and in the other intracerebral. Possible sites of tumour origin are discussed.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery