Intraparenchymal Schwannoma: A Rare Entity

ABSTRACT

A 60-year-old woman noted headaches, transient visual obscurations and pulsatile tinnitus. She had Frisén grade 4 papilloedema. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed a large subfrontal cystic mass with ring enhancement. Tumour pathology was in-keeping with an intraparenchymal schwannoma. This uniquely rare tumour is discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Papilloedema
• schwannoma
• intraparenchymal

Declaration of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Funding

This work was supported in part by an unrestricted grant from the Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. New York, NY, USA.