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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages 357-360Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2000.0846
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cavernous sinus; schwannoma; abducens nerve; cranial nerve
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We report a case of an intracavernous abducens nerve schwannoma presenting in a 19 year old male of Mediterranean origin. This is only the second report of an abducens nerve schwannoma located entirely within the cavernous sinus. The lesion resulted in a progressive diplopia and focal abducens palsy. The clinical, radiological and pathological features are presented. A literature search has identified only four other abducens nerve schwannomas arising completely or partly within the cavernous sinus. We review these cases and aspects of other ocular cranial nerve schwannomas. (C) 2001 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.
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