title: Giant frontal intraparenchymal schwannoma: unexpected diagnosis.
abstract: We report the case of an intraparenchymal frontal schwannoma, surgically resected in a middle-aged, otherwise healthy woman. Magnetic resonance imaging was ineffective for the definitive diagnosis and was instead afforded by histology. This case is unique because the rare lesion presented as a giant mass; to the best of our knowledge, such a finding has not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rotondo
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pascale
authors.forename: Assunta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scuotto
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome