Trigeminal schwannoma of the sphenoid sinus--report of a rare entity.
Schwannomas are common slow growing benign tumors. About 25-45% of all schwannomas arise in the head and neck region. Less than 4% of these tumors are found in sinonasal regions and usually affect nasal ethmoid. There are very few case reports of a schwannoma arising from the sphenoid sinus. We report a case of sphenoid sinus schwannoma treated by microscopic decompression and review the relevant literature.
Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) , Pondicherry , India.
Sudheer Kumar
SK
Gundamaneni
Manish
M
Singh
Venkatesh Shankar
VS
Madhugiri
Roopesh Kumar
RK
Vadivel Rathakrishnan
Gopalakrishnan Madhavan
GM
Sasidharan
D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D016634:Radiosurgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020433:Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*