title: Mixed schwannoma with meningioma - report on 2 cases of unusual tumor with review of literature.
abstract: We present 2 rare cases of mixed schwannoma with meningioma. The first case was sporadic, in a 38-year-old female in cervical spine (C₂). The second case was a 24-year-old female, associated with NF-2, involving bilateral cerebellopontine angle with extension into the left cavernous sinus, sellar region with erosion of the petrous ridge and multiple intradural extramedullary lesions in the spinal cord suggestive of neurofibromas. To date only 12 cases of such tumors are documented in the literature. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of sporadic mixed schwannoma with meningioma in cervical spine (C₂).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and transfusion Medicine, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India. nandita.g@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Nandita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghosal
authors.forename: Sunitha P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kumaran
authors.forename: Sunil V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: Alangar S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hegde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D018193:Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor