SUPRASELLAR SCHWANNOMA MASQUERADING AS CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA: AN EXTREME RARITY
Sonia Chhabra, MD, *Namita Bhutani, MD, Sunita Singh, MD, Monika Sangwan, MD and Rajeev Sen
ABSTRACT
Intracranial schwannomas account for 8-10% of all primary brain neoplasms.[1] They are most frequently located in the cerebello-pontine angle and originate from the vestibular component of the VIII cranial nerve. Although, sensory nerves are the preferred sites of development, motor and autonomic nerves may also be involved.[2] However, intracranial schwannomas not related to cranial nerves are very rare and especially intra-suprasellar location of schwannomas has been reported very infrequently.[3-6] We, here, report an unusual case of an intra-suprasellar schwannoma that was initially thought to be a craniopharyngioma both clinically and radiologically but final histopathological diagnosis was a primary intrasellar schwannoma.
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