title: Intra-cerebral schwannoma simulating glioma.
abstract: An intra-cerebral schwannoma, presenting as a cystic, calcified, enhancing frontal mass, arising in a 52-year-old woman was misdiagnosed as a glioma and treated with radiotherapy. This observation emphasizes the importance of careful histological reexamination of all brain tumors when a discrepancy appears between the initial histological diagnosis and the clinical evolution, in order to recognize rare curable entities and to avoid potentially toxic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Fédération de Neurologie Mazarin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Elie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.forename: Corina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cret
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cornu
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martin-Duverneuil
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Delattre
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanson
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome