Giant Sporadic Unilateral Vestibular Schwannoma in Child: Can It Get Bigger Than This?

Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are rare in children and, when present, are usually part of neurofibromatosis 2 and bilateral. Sporadic unilateral VSs in the pediatric age group itself are rare in medical literature and giant sporadic unilateral pediatric VSs (>4 cm) are extremely rare. Herein, we d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World neurosurgery 2019-10, Vol.130, p.378-379
Hauptverfasser:	Rafiq, Rahil, Sharma, Ravi, Borkar, Sachin A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cerebellar Neoplasms - pathology Cerebellopontine Angle - pathology Child Humans Male Neuroma, Acoustic - pathology Organ Sparing Treatments - methods Treatment Outcome Tumor Burden
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Zusammenfassung:	Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are rare in children and, when present, are usually part of neurofibromatosis 2 and bilateral. Sporadic unilateral VSs in the pediatric age group itself are rare in medical literature and giant sporadic unilateral pediatric VSs (>4 cm) are extremely rare. Herein, we describe the largest reported case of giant sporadic left-sided VS in a 10-year-old boy.
ISSN:	1878-8750 1878-8769
DOI:	10.1016/j.wneu.2019.07.064