Malignant triton tumour in the cerebellopontine angle. Report of a case.
A report is given of a 24-year-old woman with a malignant cerebellopontine angle tumour, which appeared to have arisen from the 8th nerve sheath. It had a predominantly fasciculated, spindle-cell, Schwannoma-like structure, but also included rhabdomyoblastic elements and a diagnosis of malignant triton tumour is proposed. The patient did not have Von Recklinghausen's disease.
D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000473:pathology*; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*