title: Congenital intra-extracranial dumbbell schwannoma of temporal fossa unassociated with any major cranial nerve.
abstract: Intracranial schwannomas commonly arise from the vestibular nerve and less commonly from other cranial nerves. On rare occasions, they may be intraparenchymatous, intraventricularor intrasellar. However, the occurrence of a congenital solitary intracranial extradural schwannoma unrelated to any cranial nerve in the absence of von Recklinghausan's syndrome is exceptional. The authors report a unique, heretofore unreported case of a congenital temporal extradural schwannoma, unassociated with any known cranial nerve and with a transcranial extension presenting as a temporal fossa mass since birth in a 16-year-old female patient. Total resection of this tumour was uncomplicated. A brief review of the relevant literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: National Neurosurgical Center, Khoula Hospital, Sultanate of Oman. rrsharma@omantel.net.om
authors.forename: Rewati Raman
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Audumbar S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Netalkar
authors.forename: Sanjay J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pawar
authors.forename: Santosh D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lad
authors.forename: Mohammed M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Musa
authors.forename: Ashok Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed