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- Title
Glossopharyngeal neurinoma of incidental finding in a 65-year-old female patient: case report.
- Authors
Kabulo, Kantenga Dieu Merci; Takeuchi, Kazuhito; Yamada, Yasuo; Sharafundeen, Afsal; Kalangu, Kazadi Kaluile Ntenga; Kato, Yoko
- Abstract
Background: The glossopharyngeal nerve is both a sensitive and motor entity that emerges from the posterior lateral sulcus of the bulb and exits the skull through the jugular foramen. Schwannomas arising from glossopharyngeal nerves are extremely rare, and the clinical and imaging features of glossopharyngeal schwannomas closely resemble that of acoustic schwannomas. Case presentation: We report a case of a 65-year-old female patient with glossopharyngeal neurinoma of incidental finding on brain CT scan requested after she sustained a minor traumatic brain injury. She was taken to the operating room, and the tumor was excised endoscopically via a retrosigmoid approach and the postoperative course was simple and uneventful. Histopathology of the sample showed short spindle-shaped cells with poor atypia proliferated in fascicles, and shelf-like arrangement of nuclei was seen partially, which was in keeping with a neurinoma. Conclusions: Glossopharyngeal neurinoma may not present with obvious symptoms and signs related to its compression and may also be found incidentally compared to its counterpart vestibular schwannoma.
- Subjects
SCHWANNOMAS; ACOUSTIC neuroma; SYMPTOMS; WOMEN patients; BRAIN injuries; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2023, Vol 38, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2520-8225
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s41984-023-00226-9