title: Schwannoma of the tentorium cerebelli in a child. Case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hôtel-Dieu De France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jabbour
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rizk
authors.forename: Georges Abi
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lahoud
authors.forename: Roula
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hourani
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Checrallah
authors.forename: Elie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Samaha
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nohra
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okais
mesh_terms: 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