Ventral brain stem schwannoma at the entry zone of the hypoglossal nerve.
The unusual case of a ventral brain stem schwannoma located at the entry zone of the hypoglossal nerve in a 49-year-old woman is reported. The diagnosis of a schwannoma was confirmed histologically after partial tumor resection via the dorsolateral, suboccipital, transcondylar approach. Hypotheses for the pathogenesis of intramedullary schwannomas are discussed.
Krauss
J K
JK
Department of Neurosurgery, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany.
Bertalanffy
H
H
Schwechheimer
K
K
Müller
A
A
Seeger
W
W
D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed