title: Malignant epithelioid schwannoma of the mandible and the skull base.
abstract: A rare case of malignant schwannoma is described. The patient's main presentation was that of pain. The patient had no other symptom, particularly that related to the space-occupying lesion in the skull base that also was filling the pterygoid space. A 5-year cure was achieved by combined therapy of radiation and radical surgery. The rarity of these cases makes it impossible to do a comparative analysis including randomized clinical trials for outcome studies to find the optimal treatment for each patient.
authors.affiliation: Tampa Bay Craniofacial Center, FL 33603-3301, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Habal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012074:Remission Induction; D019291:Skull Base / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*