title: Temporal fossa intra-extracranial dumbbell schwannoma.
abstract: Intra-extracranial schwannomas arising unrelated to major cranial nerves are exceedingly rare neoplasms. We report the case of a 23-year-old male who presented with a 9 month history of progressive temporal swelling which was excised and found histologically to be a schwannoma. A succinct review of the relevant literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. limywong@gmail.com
authors.forename: Limy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abubaker
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cryan
authors.forename: Francesca M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Brett
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caird
mesh_terms: D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult