title: Intracranial Rhabdomyoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
abstract: A 24-year-old male presented with eight months of increasingly severe frontal headaches, decreased right facial sensation, and periodic vertigo. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a heterogeneously contrast-enhancing mass involving and expanding the right foramen ovale.  A biopsy of the lesion was performed, and the final pathologic diagnosis revealed a neoplastic rhabdomyoma. To date, only five cases of intracranial rhabdomyoma have been reported, and a rhabdomyoma involving the trigeminal nerve has never been described in an adult. This manuscript reviews the available literature and highlights the clinical, imaging, pathologic characteristics, and surgical management of these exceedingly rare lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Santiago-Dieppa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: Tianzan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: Karra A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: Brandon C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Gabel
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: James Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: Hoi Sang
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: U
keywords: intracranial; neuromuscular choristoma; rhabdomyoma; trigeminal nerve