Open AccessA 68‐Year Old Man with A Cerebellopontine Angle Tumor
Author(s) -
Harder Anja,
MüllerSchulte Eloise,
Jeibmann Astrid,
Nes Johannes,
Wildförster Uwe,
Paulus Werner
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
brain pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.986
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1750-3639
pISSN - 1015-6305
DOI - 10.1111/bpa.12063
Subject(s) - cerebellopontine angle , medicine , vestibular nerve , anatomy , vestibular system , differential diagnosis , pathology , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging
We report on a 68-year-old male with a cerebellopontine angle tumor manifesting at the 8th cranial nerve and presenting histopathological features of a rhabdomyoma. A literature review revealed four reports of intracranial nerve rhabdomyoma, all of adult type and including one manifestation at the vestibular nerve. We present the first case of a fetal type extracardiac rhabdomyoma manifesting at a cranial nerve. Although rare, rhabdomyomas must be considered in the differential diagnosis of vestibular schwannomas.