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Intracisternal schwannoma of the spinal

Intracisternal schwannoma of the spinal accessory nerve presenting as a normal pressure hydrocephalus syndrome. Case report and review of the literature

✍ Michele Lanotte; Fulvio Massaro; Renato Scienza; Giuliano Faccani 📂 Article 📅 1994 🏛 Springer-Verlag 🌐 English ⚖ 360 KB

Schwannomas of the spinal accessory nerve are rare lesions. They can be characterized by their locations as either intrajugular or intracistemal schwannomas, most of them being intrajugular. Only five cases arising in the cisterna magna are reported in literature. Clinical symptoms generally consist