Unattached intracranial extra-axial schwannoma.
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.
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Department of Neurosurgery, K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
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Nagpal
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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