title: Vestibular schwannoma showing a dural tail on contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance images.
abstract: The dural tail on contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) images, frequently observed in meningiomas, has been used to distinguish between cerebellopontine angle meningiomas and vestibular schwannomas. We report on a 66-year-old female with vestibular schwannoma showing the dural tail on contrast-enhanced MR images. Histological examination revealed that the dural tail corresponded to the thickened dura mater comprising of collagen fibres and scattered hyalinization with no tumoral invasion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Komatsuzaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haraguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014725:Vestibular Nerve