title: Unattached intracranial extra-axial schwannoma.
abstract: We describe an intracranial extra-axial petroclival schwannoma which did not arise from any cranial nerve, nor was it attached to brain parenchyma or dura. The possible pathogenesis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhayani
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Nagpal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed