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Sixth nerve schwannoma: a case report with literature review

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A 40-year-old woman presented with diplopia and left VI nerve palsy. After investigations, diagnosis of a meningioma in the parasellar-prepontine region was considered. Following angiography and embolization, near-total excision of the tumour attached to abducens nerve was performed. Histological examination was consistent with the diagnosis of schwannoma. This is the thirteenth case report of a schwannoma of cranial nerve VI and the first such case where embolization of feeding tumour vessels was performed.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 110060, India, , , , , , IN

    R. Acharya, S. S. Chhabra, R. Patir & A. D. Seghal

  2. Department of Neuroradialogy, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, , , , , , IN

    S. Husain

  3. Department of Pathology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, , , , , , IN

    S. Bhalla

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Received: 22 July 2002 / Accepted in revised form: 27 March 2003

Correspondence to: R. Acharya

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Acharya, R., Husain, S., Chhabra, S. et al. Sixth nerve schwannoma: a case report with literature review. Neurol Sci 24, 74–79 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100720300076

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