Open AccessCoexisting vestibular schwannoma with fibrous dysplasia: A rare occurrence
Author(s) -
Vikas Sharma,
Rishabh Kedia,
Ishani Mohapatra,
Anirban Banerjee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_73_19
Subject(s) - fibrous dysplasia , medicine , schwannoma , cerebellopontine angle , lesion , vestibular system , dysplasia , temporal bone , radiology , anatomy , surgery , pathology , magnetic resonance imaging
Coexisting vestibular schwannoma (VS) with fibrous dysplasia is extremely rare. Here, we represent the case of a 48-year-old female with coexisting VS and fibrous dysplasia of overlying occipital bone. After proper evaluation, the patient underwent surgery and microscopic total excision of the right cerebellopontine angle lesion was achieved. However, during surgery, bone work was extremely tedious and exposure to reach up to lesion was difficult. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of coexisting fibrous dysplasia of overlying bone and VS as histopathological diagnosis.