Nerve sheath myxoma (neurothekeoma) of cerebellopontine angle: case report of a rare tumor with brief review of literature.
Nerve sheath myxoma (neurothekeoma) are rare benign nerve sheath tumors, usually     arising in the skin of the head and neck region and upper extremities in young     females. To the best of author's knowledge only two cases of intracranial     neurothekeoma have been published in the English literature. These tumors were     located in the parasellar area and in middle cranial fossa. This is the first     case report of cerebellopontine angle neurothekeoma and third case report of     intracranial neurothekeoma. This patient, a 45-year-old female, presented to us     with complaints of right side progressive hearing loss for 12 months and swaying     during walking for 8 months. Histologically the tumor had lobular appearance     with spindle or stellate cells embedded in abundant myxoid background. The tumor     cells were diffusely positive for S100. The patient was symptom free at eight     month follow up.
Christian Medical College, Department of Pathology, Vellore, India. mukul.vij.path@gmail.com
Mukul
M
Vij
Sushila
S
Jaiswal
Vinita
V
Agrawal
Awadesh
A
Jaiswal
Sanjay
S
Behari
D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed