Solid cystic trigeminal schwannoma with intraorbital extension causing proptosis and vision loss.
Schwannomas are slowly growing, well capsulated, benign tumors. Involvement of vestibular nerve is most commonly followed by trigeminal nerve. Trigeminal schwannoma is rare entity, and cystic degeneration with intraorbital extension of trigeminal schwannoma is even rarer. These tumors occur in fourth and fifth decades of life and patients have variable presentation depending on which cranial compartment is involved. Orbital schwannoma usually presents with proptosis with or without vision loss. We are reporting such a rare case of solid cystic trigeminal schwannoma with intraorbital extension through superior orbital fissure that was removed surgically.
Department of Neurosurgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Pankaj
P
Gupta
Department of Neurosurgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Arvind
A
Sharma
Department of Neurosurgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Jitendra
J
Singh
Intraorbital; proptosis; trigeminal schwannoma
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