Schwannoma of the Greater Superficial Petrosal Nerve: An Unusual Site for a Common Tumor
The most common cranial nerves known to harbor schwannomas are vestibulocochlear, trigeminal, facial, and lower cranial nerves. Greater superficial petrosal nerve (GSPN) schwannoma forms a small subset of the larger group of facial nerve schwannomas and is a very rare clinical entity. A thorough lit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Scientific Society |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jss.jss_177_24 |
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| Summary: | The most common cranial nerves known to harbor schwannomas are vestibulocochlear, trigeminal, facial, and lower cranial nerves. Greater superficial petrosal nerve (GSPN) schwannoma forms a small subset of the larger group of facial nerve schwannomas and is a very rare clinical entity. A thorough literature search yielded only 30 such cases reported to date in the English literature, 6 of them reported from India. We present a rare case of GSPN schwannoma and discuss the clinical spectrum and management along with a review of the literature. |
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| ISSN: | 0974-5009 2278-7127 |