title: Intraventricular schwannoma in a 15-year-old adolescent: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Schwannomas are benign tumors that originate from the myelin-forming Schwann cells of peripheral nerves or at the Obersteiner-Redlich zone of the vestibular division of the eighth cranial nerve. Intraventricular schwannomas are rare, particularly among children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report illustrates a right occipital horn schwannoma in a 15-year-old adolescent boy who was successfully treated with surgical resection and discusses the possible origins of the tumor in this unique location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Benedict
authors.forename: Henry G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sivarajan
authors.forename: Vikram C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Prabhu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*