Schwannoma of the tentorium cerebelli in a child. Case report.
Intracranial schwannomas not arising from a cranial nerve are very rare. Schwannomas of the dura are even rarer; in the literature, we found only two cases: a schwannoma of the falx and one of the torcula. We report a third case of a 9-year-old girl with a schwannoma of the tentorium cerebelli. The different theories concerning the origin of this tumor in this particular location are discussed.
Jabbour
Pascal
P
Department of Neurosurgery, Hôtel-Dieu De France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
Rizk
Tony
T
Lahoud
Georges Abi
GA
Hourani
Roula
R
Checrallah
Antoine
A
Samaha
Elie
E
Nohra
Georges
G
Moussa
Ronald
R
Okais
Nabil
N
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology