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[Schwannoma of the olfactory groove]
M Gelabert1, J Fernández, E López
1Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Neurológicas Pedro Barrié, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. cimigego@usc.es
Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain)
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
Solitary schwannomas arising from the olfatory groove are extremely rare. Only 15 other cases have been reported so far. A case of olfatory groove schwannoma in a 19-year-old man with seizures and without neurological deficits is described. CT scan and MRI showed a tumour in the left frontobasal region. Left frontal craniotomy and excision of the tumour revealed a tumour in the region of the olfatory groove attached to the cribiform plate. The pathology, origin, and clinical characteristics of olfatory groove schwannomas are reviewed.