Intra-cerebral schwannoma simulating glioma.
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.
Louis
Elie
E
Fédération de Neurologie Mazarin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Cret
Corina
C
Poirier
Jacques
J
Cornu
Philippe
P
Martin-Duverneuil
Nadine
N
Delattre
Jean-Yves
JY
Sanson
Marc
M
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