Frontal intraparenchymal schwannoma.
Intraparenchymal schwannomas are rare. The usual presentation is of a classical intracranial mass lesion. We report a frontal intraparenchymal schwannoma in a pediatric patient with a history of seizure. An MRI scan revealed a uniformly enhancing tumor with perilesional edema. This type of tumor is rarely found in this location. It is important to recognize and distinguish a schwannoma from other more common frontal brain tumors as the outcome is good and recurrence is rare.
Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
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Khursheed
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Rumana
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Ramzan
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Furqan
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Abrar
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Salma
D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery