Cystic schwannoma mimicking a brain stem tumor: MR features

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1990 Jul-Aug;14(4):662-4. doi: 10.1097/00004728-199007000-00030.

Abstract

A case of cystic schwannoma that presented as an intraaxial lesion on CT is reported. Magnetic resonance was able to detect the extraaxial origin of the tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accessory Nerve / pathology
  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Stem / pathology*
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Glossopharyngeal Nerve / pathology
  • Humans
  • Neurilemmoma / diagnosis*
  • Vagus Nerve / pathology