Cerebellopontine angle pilocytic astrocytoma mimicking acoustic schwannoma.
We describe a case of pilocytic astrocytoma of the cerebellum mimicking an acoustic schwannoma. The tumour protruded into the porus acusticus and enlarged the internal auditory meatus, which is a quite unusual characteristic of glial tumours.
Takada
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Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan. takada.nsrg@med
Ohno
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Tamaki
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Hirakawa
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D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed