Sérgio Neto
University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar Street, 255-5th Floor,
Zipcode: 05403-000-São Paulo
Brazil
Case Report
Collision Tumour of Cerebellopontine Angle in a Patient without Neurofibromatosis Criteria: Case Report
Author(s): Sérgio Neto, Cesar Casarolli, Luiz Henrique Dias Sandon, Vinicius Trindade Gomes da Silva, Francisco Matos Ureña, Nilton Caetano da Rosa, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira and Marcos Queirós GomesSérgio Neto, Cesar Casarolli, Luiz Henrique Dias Sandon, Vinicius Trindade Gomes da Silva, Francisco Matos Ureña, Nilton Caetano da Rosa, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira and Marcos Queirós Gomes
The coexistence of meningioma and schwannoma as two distinct components within the same tumor is extremely rare. They are usually associated with Type 2 Neurofibromatosis (NF-2) but there are some isolated reports of cases without confirmed diagnosis or in association with cancer and/or post irradiation cancer patients. The authors present a case of a collision tumor of the CPA with a presumed diagnosis of NF-2 and a literature review. .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2684-1320.16.2.112