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A personal case, the third in the literature, of an olfactory groove schwannoma in a young man aged 19 is reported, and the two cases previously described are reviewed. Occurrence in young males and long histories are characteristic.
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Ulrich, J., Lévy, A. & Pfister, C. Schwannoma of the olfactory groove. Acta neurochir 40, 315–321 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01774756
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