Trigeminal neurilemmoma presenting as a sphenoid sinus mass

P W Hitchon; C J Graf; B F McCabe; K Namba

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Trigeminal neurilemmoma presenting as a sphenoid sinus mass

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Trigeminal neurilemmoma presenting as a sphenoid sinus mass

P W Hitchon, C J Graf, B F McCabe and K Namba

Surgical neurology, Vol.11(4), pp.305-307

04/1979

PMID: 441918

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Abstract

Trigeminal neurilemmomas have been known to invade the posterior fossa. Infratemporal fossa, encroach upon the lateral wall of the sphenoid sinus and extend along the three divisions of the trigeminal nerve. Herein described, is a patient with a trigeminal neurilemmoma that extended into the sphenoid sinus, necessitating transphenoidal excision.

Radiography

Cranial Nerve Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging

Humans

Neurilemmoma - diagnostic imaging

Trigeminal Nerve - pathology

Adult

Female

Trigeminal Nerve - diagnostic imaging

Neurilemmoma - pathology

Sphenoid Sinus - diagnostic imaging

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Title: Subtitle: Trigeminal neurilemmoma presenting as a sphenoid sinus mass
Creators: P W Hitchon
C J Graf
B F McCabe
K Namba
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Surgical neurology, Vol.11(4), pp.305-307
PMID: 441918
NLM abbreviation: Surg Neurol
ISSN: 0090-3019
eISSN: 1879-3339
Publisher: Elsevier Inc; United States
Language: English
Date published: 04/1979
Academic Unit: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery
Record Identifier: 9984040560102771

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