title: Characterization of an intracranial neurothekeoma: case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Neurothekeomas are benign tumors of presumed neural sheath origin. They are     primarily found in superficial soft tissues, located in the upper portion of the     body. Here, we report a case of intracranial neurothekeoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A     37-year-old female presented at our clinic with sudden-onset left hemifacial     pain of varying duration. The physical and neurological examination findings     were normal. The magnetic resonance imaging scan showed a mass compressing the     pons and extending from the medial section of the left middle fossa to the     posterior fossa. The patient was operated on using a left presigmoid     transpetrosal approach and the mass was totally removed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neurothekeomas, also known as nerve sheath myxomas, are rare benign tumors.     There have been two previous cases reported with an intracranial location. The     information presented here now represents the third such case in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, M.H. Ankara Education and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koktekir
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bayar
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caydere
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D035301:Cranial Fossa, Middle / Q000473:pathology; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology