A 68-year old man with a cerebellopontine angle tumor.
We report on a 68-year-old male with a cerebellopontine angle tumor manifesting at the 8th cranial nerve and presenting histopathological features of a rhabdomyoma. A literature review revealed four reports of intracranial nerve rhabdomyoma, all of adult type and including one manifestation at the vestibular nerve. We present the first case of a fetal type extracardiac rhabdomyoma manifesting at a cranial nerve. Although rare, rhabdomyomas must be considered in the differential diagnosis of vestibular schwannomas.
Anja
A
Harder
Eloise
E
Müller-Schulte
Astrid
A
Jeibmann
Johannes
J
van de Nes
Uwe
U
Wildförster
Werner
W
Paulus
D000368:Aged; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000473:pathology*
D015703:Antigens, CD; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins