Supratentorial intraventricular schwannoma.
A rare case of supratentorial intraventricular schwannoma is described. A 16-year-old male with asymptomatic papilloedema was found to have a 5-cm intraventricular tumour arising from the trigone of the right lateral ventricle. A craniotomy and total macroscopic excision was performed.
Dow
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Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
Hussein
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Robertson
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D000293:Adolescent; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery