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Isolated intraorbital schwannoma arising from the abducens nerve

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Case Report

A case of isolated schwannoma of the orbit, arising from the terminal branches of the abducens nerve to the lateral rectus muscle, is reported. The patient presented with a painless proptosis of the left eye.

Discussion

Preoperative diagnosis of benign intraorbital neoplasm was made by means of CT and MR scans; the mass was radically excised through a microsurgical lateral orbitotomy and the pathological examination revealed a schwannoma. Features of orbital schwannoma are described, together with some details concerning the surgical strategy and the history of the evolution of the lateral orbitotomy.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, “IGEA” Hospital, via Marcona 69, 20129, Milan, Italy

    C. Irace, C. Corona & S. Usai

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, “IGEA” Hospital, Milan, Italy

    G. Davì & M. Candino

  3. Department of Pathology, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy

    M. Gambacorta

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  1. C. Irace
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Irace, C., Davì, G., Corona, C. et al. Isolated intraorbital schwannoma arising from the abducens nerve. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 150, 1209–1210 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-008-0134-z

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